Where does “terkenai” come from?

terkenai (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian kena, from Malay kena, from Malay کنا, from Norwegian Bokmål kna, from Swedish knåda, from Old Swedish knodha, from Old Norse knoða, from Proto-Germanic knudaną.

terkenai (Indonesian): to be unintentionally got or hit

Definitions

  1. to be unintentionally got or hit

Ancestry of “terkenai”, step by step

terkenai traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian kena

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankenato touch, hit
2Malaykenato incur, to bring upon oneself, to be touched...
3Malayکنا
4Norwegian Bokmålknato knead
5Swedishknådato knead
6Old Swedishknodha
7Old Norseknoða
8Proto-Germanicknudanąto knead
9Proto-Indo-Europeangnét-
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵen-

via Indonesian ter- -i

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianter- -iused to form a passive adjective, often with the meaning “having been”
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵen-