Where does “rekening koran” come from?
rekening koran (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian koran, from Malay Koran, from Dutch courant, from French courant, from Old French corant, from Old French corre, from Latin currō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- — army.
rekening koran (Indonesian): current account
Definitions
- current account
Ancestry of “rekening koran”, step by step
rekening koran traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian koran
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | koran | newspaper |
| 2 | Malay | Koran | newspaper |
| 3 | Dutch | courant | current, prevalent, standard; currency; Archaic... |
| 4 | French | courant | present participle of courir; current; current,... |
| 5 | Old French | corant | present participle of corre; running; in the... |
| 6 | Old French | corre | to run; to gallop; to travel in general |
| 7 | Latin | currō | to run |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via Dutch rekening
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | rekening | A calculation; A mathematically consistent set of... |
| 2 | Dutch | rekenen | to calculate, to do arithmetic |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | rēkenen | to put in order (an account, bill etc) |
| 4 | Old Dutch | rekanon | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | rekanōną | to count; to explain |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |