Where does “kelmarin” come from?
kelmarin (Malay) comes from Malay harian, from Malay -an, from English -ant, from Middle English -ant, from Old English -ende, from Proto-West Germanic *-andī, from Proto-Germanic -andz, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts — sound, voice.
kelmarin (Malay): the day before yesterday, two days ago
Definitions
- the day before yesterday, two days ago
Ancestry of “kelmarin”, step by step
kelmarin traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Malay harian
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | harian | daily |
| 2 | Malay | -an | Suffix for collectivity; Suffix for similarity;... |
| 3 | English | -ant | The agent noun derived from verb; An adjective... |
| 4 | Middle English | -ant | — |
| 5 | Old English | -ende | equivalent of English -ing; suffix for present... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *-andī | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -andz | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 9 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 10 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 11 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 12 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 13 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 14 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |
via Malay kelam
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | kelam | — |
| 2 | Northern Kurdish | kelem | cabbage |
| 3 | Arabic | كلم | to speak, to talk, to address; bite, bitemark;... |
| 4 | Classical Persian | گلیم | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κάλυμμα | A head covering, a hood, a veil; A fishing net... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | καλύπτω | to cover; to put over as a covering |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |