Where does “kejayaan” come from?

kejayaan (Malay) comes from Malay jaya, from Classical Malay jaya, from Sanskrit जय, from Sanskrit कर्ता, from Sanskrit कर्तृ, from Sanskrit कृ, from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- — to do; to make; to build.

kejayaan (Malay): success

Definitions

  1. success

Ancestry of “kejayaan”, step by step

kejayaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay jaya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalayjayaSynonym of kejayaan; to be successful, to...
2Classical Malayjayavictory; success; prosperous
3Sanskritजयconquest, victory, triumph, winning, being...
4Sanskritकर्ताnominative singular of कर्तृ
5Sanskritकर्तृmaker; doer; agent; author one who does, makes, or acts
6Sanskritकृto make
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷer-to do; to make; to build

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—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- →Every word from Sanskrit कृ →Every word from Sanskrit कर्तृ →