Where does “pemenggalan kata” come from?

pemenggalan kata (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian kata, from Malay kata, from Pali kathā, from Sanskrit कथा, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kátʰaH.

pemenggalan kata (Indonesian): syllabification

Definitions

  1. syllabification

Ancestry of “pemenggalan kata”, step by step

pemenggalan kata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian kata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankataword
2Malaykataword
3Palikathāspeech, story, talk
4Sanskritकथाstory
5Proto-Indo-Iranian*kátʰaH—

via Indonesian pemenggalan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianpemenggalan—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kátʰaH →Every word from Sanskrit कथा →Every word from Pali kathā →