Where does “sesuatu” come from?

sesuatu (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian suatu, from Malay suatu, from Classical Malay suatu.

sesuatu (Indonesian): something; a thing uncertain, undetected, or difficult to specify

Definitions

  1. something; a thing uncertain, undetected, or difficult to specify

Ancestry of “sesuatu”, step by step

sesuatu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian suatu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiansuatua; an
2Malaysuatua, an, one used with singular countable nouns to indicate an indefinite item or entity
3Classical Malaysuatu—

via Indonesian se

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianse—
Every word from Classical Malay suatu →Every word from Malay suatu →Every word from Indonesian suatu →