Where does “kesukaan” come from?

kesukaan (Malay) comes from Malay suka, from Sanskrit सुख, from Sanskrit सु-, from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hsu-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hsu-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁su-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁wes- — good; to be cheerful, happy; to eat, to feast.

kesukaan (Malay): like (something that is liked)

Definitions

  1. like (something that is liked)

Ancestry of “kesukaan”, step by step

kesukaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay suka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysukato like, to love; happiness, joy; pleasure
2Sanskritसुखrunning swiftly or easily only applied to cars or chariots, superlative, easy
3Sanskritसु-good, well
4Proto-Indo-AryanHsu-
5Proto-Indo-IranianHsu-good
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁su-good
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁wes-good; to be cheerful, happy; to eat, to feast

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-European h₁wes-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁su-Every word from Sanskrit सु-
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