Where does “memperketat” come from?

memperketat (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian ketat, from Proto-Malayic *ka-hətət, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qətqət, from Proto-Austronesian *qəCqəC.

memperketat (Indonesian): to make more tight, to make more strict

Definitions

  1. to make more tight, to make more strict

Ancestry of “memperketat”, step by step

memperketat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian ketat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianketattight, strict
2Proto-Malayic*ka-hətət
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qətqət
4Proto-Austronesian*qəCqəC

via Indonesian memper

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianmemperto look like
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *qəCqəCEvery word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qətqətEvery word from Proto-Malayic *ka-hətət