Where does “ꦏꦭ” come from?

ꦏꦭ (Javanese) comes from Old Javanese kali, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kali, from Proto-Austronesian kalih, from Old Javanese ka-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka-, from Proto-Austronesian ka- — inchoative.

ꦏꦭ (Javanese): time; season; bird noose or snare

Definitions

  1. time; season; bird noose or snare

Ancestry of “ꦏꦭ”, step by step

ꦏꦭ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Javanese kali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Javanesekaliriver
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankalito dig up; to excavate
3Proto-Austronesiankalihto dig up; to excavate
4Old Javaneseka-passive verb-forming prefix
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianka-marker of past time in temporal expressions
6Proto-Austronesianka-inchoative

via Old Javanese kāla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Javanesekālatime
2Sanskritकालकblack
3Sanskritकालblack, dark blue; black, dark blue colour; pupil
4Proto-Turkickārsnow
5Proto-Iraniankarahfold, of time (during which an action or event happens)

via Arabic قَاضٍ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicقَاضٍmagistrate; judge
2Arabicقَضَىto judge; to perform

Words derived from “ꦏꦭ”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian ka- →Every word from Old Javanese ka- →Every word from Proto-Austronesian kalih →
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