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

  1. not

Ancestry of “tak”, step by step

tak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch takt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchtakt—
2Latintāctustouched, having been touched, grasped, having been grasped
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Malay tak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytaknot
2Malaytidaknot
3Proto-Malayicdaʔ—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandiaqnot

Words derived from “tak”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin tāctus →