Where does “taraf kesukaran” come from?

taraf kesukaran (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian kesukaran, from Malay kesukaran, from Malay ke- -an, from Proto-Malayic *kə- -an, from Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an.

taraf kesukaran (Indonesian): difficulty level

Definitions

  1. difficulty level

Ancestry of “taraf kesukaran”, step by step

taraf kesukaran traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian kesukaran

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankesukarandifficulty
2Malaykesukaranhardship
3Malayke- -anness; appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of (the adjective)", "the quality of (the adjective)", or "the measure of (the adjective)"
4Proto-Malayic*kə- -an
5Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an

via Indonesian taraf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantarafclass, degree, grade, level
2Malaytaraf
3Arabicطَرَفside; participant; edge
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an