Where does “ke- -an” come from?

ke- -an (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic *kə- -an, from Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an.

ke- -an (Malay): ness; appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of (the adjective)", "the quality of (the adjective)", or "the measure of (the adjective)"

Definitions

  1. ness; appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of (the adjective)", "the quality of (the adjective)", or "the measure of (the adjective)"

Ancestry of “ke- -an”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*kə- -an
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an

Words derived from “ke- -an

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an
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