Where does “kawat” come from?

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

kawat (Javanese): wire

Definitions

  1. wire

Ancestry of “kawat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Javanesekawatwire
2Old Javaneseka-passive verb-forming prefix
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianka-marker of past time in temporal expressions
4Proto-Austronesianka-inchoative
Every word from Proto-Austronesian ka- →Every word from Old Javanese ka- →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka- →