Where does “perkatakan” come from?
perkatakan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian kata, from Malay kata, from Pali kathā, from Sanskrit कथा, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kátʰaH.
perkatakan (Indonesian): to talk about, to discuss
Definitions
- to talk about, to discuss
Ancestry of “perkatakan”, step by step
perkatakan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian kata
| 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 | — |
via Indonesian per- -kan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | per- -kan | used to form causative benefactive aspects and transitivity on a verb |
| 2 | Indonesian | per- | Used to form nouns from verbs conjugated with... |
| 3 | Malay | per- | abstraction, place, goal, result; Used to form... |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | *paR- | derivational prefix used to form deverbal nouns |