Where does “tak” come from?

tak (Indonesian) comes from Dutch takt, from Latin tāctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

tak (Indonesian): not

Definitions

Ancestry of “tak”, step by step

tak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch takt

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Dutch	takt	—
2	Latin	tāctus	touched, having been touched, grasped, having been grasped
3	Latin	-tus	Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4	Proto-Italic	-tus	—
5	Proto-Indo-European	-tus	Derives action nouns from verb roots

via Malay tak

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Malay	tak	not
2	Malay	tidak	not
3	Proto-Malayic	daʔ	—
4	Proto-Malayo-Polynesian	diaq	not

Words derived from “tak”

aksi tak tergantung
mau tak mau
piutang tak tertagih
takbenda

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →