Where does “bakal” come from?

bakal (Malay) comes from Old Javanese bakal, from Proto-Austroasiatic *[b]kəl[ ].

bakal (Malay): future; prospective; candidate; expectant used before a noun to indicate what someone or something will become

Definitions

  1. future; prospective; candidate; expectant used before a noun to indicate what someone or something will become

Ancestry of “bakal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Javanesebakalfuture, prospective
2Proto-Austroasiatic*[b]kəl[ ]—

Words derived from “bakal”

Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *[b]kəl[ ] →Every word from Old Javanese bakal →