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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantahanandetainee: suspect, accused or defendant whose detained in detention centre to some future judicial proceeding
2Indonesiantahanto endure, tolerate
3Malaytahanto endure, to bear, to withstand, to resist; to...
4Proto-Malayic*tahan
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantaqansnare trap
6Proto-Austronesiantaqanto hold back; to keep in reserve

via Indonesian jenis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianjenistype, kind
2Malayjenistype
3Arabicجِنْسkind, sort, category; kind, sort
Every word from Proto-Austronesian taqanEvery word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taqanEvery word from Proto-Malayic *tahan