Where does “kapan” come from?

kapan (Malay) comes from Javanese ꦏꦥꦤ꧀, from Old Javanese kapan, from Swahili -apa.

kapan (Malay): when; shroud, white cloth to wrap the dead;...

Definitions

  1. when; shroud, white cloth to wrap the dead;...

Ancestry of “kapan”, step by step

kapan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Javanese ꦏꦥꦤ꧀

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Javaneseꦏꦥꦤ꧀when
2Old Javanesekapanwhen
3Swahili-apa—

via Arabic كَفَن

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicكَفَن—

Words derived from “kapan”

Every word from Swahili -apa →Every word from Old Javanese kapan →Every word from Javanese ꦏꦥꦤ꧀ →