Where does “seberapa” come from?

seberapa (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian berapa, from Malay berapa, from Malay apa, from Proto-Malayic apa, from Proto-Austronesian *apa.

seberapa (Indonesian): how, to what degree

Definitions

  1. how, to what degree

Ancestry of “seberapa”, step by step

seberapa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian berapa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianberapahow many, how much
2Malayberapahow many, how much
3Malayapawhat; "introduces a question"
4Proto-Malayicapawhat
5Proto-Austronesian*apa—

via Indonesian se

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianse—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *apa →Every word from Proto-Malayic apa →Every word from Malay apa →
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