Where does “kuasa” come from?
kuasa (Malay) comes from Javanese ꦏꦸꦮꦱ, from Javanese ꦏꦮꦱ, from Old Javanese kawaśa, from Old Javanese waśa, from Sanskrit वश, from Sanskrit वश्, from Proto-Indo-European weḱ- — to wish, to want.
kuasa (Malay): power
Definitions
- power
Ancestry of “kuasa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Javanese | ꦏꦸꦮꦱ | powerful |
| 2 | Javanese | ꦏꦮꦱ | powerful |
| 3 | Old Javanese | kawaśa | overpowered, dominated, mastered, subdued |
| 4 | Old Javanese | waśa | power, force |
| 5 | Sanskrit | वश | will, wish, desire; authority, power, control,... |
| 6 | Sanskrit | वश् | to will, command; to desire, wish, long for, be... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weḱ- | to wish, to want |