Where does “nirkala” come from?

nirkala (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian kala, from Malay kala, from Classical Malay kala, from Javanese ꦏꦭ, from Old Javanese kali, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kali, from Proto-Austronesian kalih, from Old Javanese ka- — inchoative.

nirkala (Indonesian): timeless

Definitions

  1. timeless

Ancestry of “nirkala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankalaany member of scorpiones order; time; During the...
2Malaykalatime; scorpion
3Classical Malaykalaany member of scorpiones order; time; During the...
4Javaneseꦏꦭtime; season; bird noose or snare
5Old Javanesekaliriver
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankalito dig up; to excavate
7Proto-Austronesiankalihto dig up; to excavate
8Old Javaneseka-passive verb-forming prefix
9Proto-Malayo-Polynesianka-marker of past time in temporal expressions
10Proto-Austronesianka-inchoative
Every word from Proto-Austronesian ka-Every word from Old Javanese ka-Every word from Proto-Austronesian kalih