Where does “tidak” come from?

tidak (Indonesian) comes from Malay tidak, from Proto-Malayic daʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian diaq — not.

tidak (Indonesian): not

Definitions

  1. not

Ancestry of “tidak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytidaknot
2Proto-Malayicdaʔ
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandiaqnot

Words derived from “tidak

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian diaqEvery word from Proto-Malayic daʔEvery word from Malay tidak
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