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
Ancestry of “pemenggalan kata”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | kata | word |
| 2 | Malay | kata | word |
| 3 | Pali | kathā | speech, story, talk |
| 4 | Sanskrit | कथा | story |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *kátʰaH | — |