Where does “keretapi” come from?

keretapi (Malay) comes from Malay Api, from Proto-Malayic api, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian Sapuy — fire.

keretapi (Malay): Misspelling of kereta api

Definitions

  1. Misspelling of kereta api

Ancestry of “keretapi”, step by step

keretapi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay Api

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalayApifire oxidation reaction
2Proto-Malayicapifire
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhapuyfire
4Proto-AustronesianSapuyfire

via Malay kereta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykeretacar; cart, carriage; carriage
2Portuguesecarretacart; semi-trailer; big rig; eighteen-wheeler
3Old Portuguesecarreta—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Sapuy →