Where does “keselamatan” come from?

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

keselamatan (Malay): safety, security

Definitions

  1. safety, security

Ancestry of “keselamatan”, step by step

keselamatan 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 selamat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayselamatsafety, security, peace; safe, secure;...
2Arabicسَلَامَةgood health

Words derived from “keselamatan

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an