Where does “perkenan” come from?
perkenan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian kenan, from Indonesian kena, from Malay kena, from Malay کنا, from Norwegian Bokmål kna, from Swedish knåda, from Old Swedish knodha, from Old Norse knoða.
perkenan (Indonesian): permit
Definitions
- permit
Ancestry of “perkenan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | kenan | to agree, to approve |
| 2 | Indonesian | kena | to touch, hit |
| 3 | Malay | kena | to incur, to bring upon oneself, to be touched... |
| 4 | Malay | کنا | — |
| 5 | Norwegian Bokmål | kna | to knead |
| 6 | Swedish | knåda | to knead |
| 7 | Old Swedish | knodha | — |
| 8 | Old Norse | knoða | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | knudaną | to knead |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gnét- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵen- | — |