Where does “kelimpahan” come from?

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

kelimpahan (Malay): abundance

Definitions

  1. abundance

Ancestry of “kelimpahan”, step by step

kelimpahan 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 limpah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylimpahoverflowing
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an →Every word from Proto-Malayic *kə- -an →Every word from Malay ke- -an →
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