Where does “kepayahan” come from?

kepayahan (Malay) comes from Malay payah, from Javanese payah, from Javanese ayah, from Old Javanese wayah, from Sanskrit वयस्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáyHas.

kepayahan (Malay): difficulty

Definitions

  1. difficulty

Ancestry of “kepayahan”, step by step

kepayahan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay payah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaypayah—
2Javanesepayahweary
3Javaneseayahto carry out, to perform
4Old Javanesewayahage
5Sanskritवयस्age
6Proto-Indo-Iranian*wáyHas—

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-Iranian *wáyHas →Every word from Sanskrit वयस् →Every word from Old Javanese wayah →