Where does “kebakaran” come from?

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

kebakaran (Malay): conflagration

Definitions

  1. conflagration

Ancestry of “kebakaran”, step by step

kebakaran traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay ke- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayke- -anness; appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of (the adjective)", "the quality of (the adjective)", or "the measure of (the adjective)"
2Proto-Malayic*kə- -an—
3Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—

via Malay bakar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybakarto burn
2Proto-Malayicbakar—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an →