Where does “tahanan jenis” come from?
tahanan jenis (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian tahanan, from Indonesian tahan, from Malay tahan, from Proto-Malayic *tahan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taqan, from Proto-Austronesian taqan — to hold back; to keep in reserve.
tahanan jenis (Indonesian): resistivity, the resistance offered at a particular temperature by an electrical conductor of any given material in a cube of unit length, expressed in ohm-metres (Ωm) in the metric system of measurement
Definitions
- resistivity, the resistance offered at a particular temperature by an electrical conductor of any given material in a cube of unit length, expressed in ohm-metres (Ωm) in the metric system of measurement
Ancestry of “tahanan jenis”, step by step
tahanan jenis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian tahanan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | tahanan | detainee: suspect, accused or defendant whose detained in detention centre to some future judicial proceeding |
| 2 | Indonesian | tahan | to endure, tolerate |
| 3 | Malay | tahan | to endure, to bear, to withstand, to resist; to... |
| 4 | Proto-Malayic | *tahan | — |
| 5 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | taqan | snare trap |
| 6 | Proto-Austronesian | taqan | to hold back; to keep in reserve |