Where does “tekan” come from?

tekan (Indonesian) comes from Malay tekan, from Proto-Malayic *təkən, from Proto-Austronesian *təkən.

tekan (Indonesian): to press

Definitions

  1. to press

Ancestry of “tekan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytekanto press
2Proto-Malayic*təkənto press down
3Proto-Austronesian*təkən—

Words derived from “tekan”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *təkən →
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