Where does “nirkabel” come from?

nirkabel (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian kabel, from Dutch kabel, from Middle Dutch cabel, from French câble, from Old French cable, from Vulgar Latin caplum, from Latin capulum, from Latin capiō — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

nirkabel (Indonesian): wireless

Definitions

  1. wireless

Ancestry of “nirkabel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankabelcable
2Dutchkabelcable; cable television; cable internet
3Middle Dutchcabelthick rope
4Frenchcâblecable; first-person singular present indicative...
5Old Frenchcable
6Vulgar Latincaplum
7Latincapulumhandle; hilt; halter, lasso
8Latincapiōto take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm
9Proto-Italickapiōtake
10Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
11Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti
12Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p-