Where does “kewartawanan” come from?

kewartawanan (Malay) comes from Malay wartawan, from Malay warta, from Javanese warta, from Kawi warta, from Sanskrit वार्त्ता, from Sanskrit वृत्ति, from Sanskrit वृत्, from Proto-Indo-European wert- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

kewartawanan (Malay): journalism

Definitions

  1. journalism

Ancestry of “kewartawanan”, step by step

kewartawanan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay wartawan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaywartawanjournalist
2Malaywartanews
3Javanesewarta—
4Kawiwarta—
5Sanskritवार्त्ताnews, tidings, story, account of something that...
6Sanskritवृत्तिmethod, essence, nature, gender; profession, job;...
7Sanskritवृत्to turn, to rotate
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

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 wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wert- →Every word from Sanskrit वृत् →