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Where does “dekat” come from?

dekat (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic dəkət, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dəkət, from Proto-Austronesian dəkət.

dekat (Malay): near, close; near; at, in

Definitions

  1. near, close; near; at, in

Ancestry of “dekat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicdəkət—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandəkət—
3Proto-Austronesiandəkət—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian dəkət →