Where does “kalimat” come from?

kalimat (Malay) comes from Classical Malay كَلِمَات, from Arabic كلمة, from Arabic ل, from Proto-Semitic *lV- — for, to.

kalimat (Malay): sentence

Definitions

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Ancestry of “kalimat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Malayكَلِمَات—
2Arabicكلمةspeech, utterance, statement; word
3Arabicلto, for, belonging to; لَـ •; Used to express...
4Proto-Semitic*lV-for, to

Words derived from “kalimat”

Every word from Proto-Semitic *lV- →Every word from Arabic ل →Every word from Arabic كلمة →