Where does “perikatan” come from?

perikatan (Malay) comes from Malay ikat, from Proto-Malayic *ikət, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikət, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikət.

perikatan (Malay): alliance

Definitions

  1. alliance

Ancestry of “perikatan”, step by step

perikatan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay ikat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayikatikat; frame; to tie; to bind
2Proto-Malayic*ikətto tie up; to fasten
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*hikət—
4Proto-Austronesian*Sikət—

via Malay per- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayper- -an—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *Sikət →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikət →Every word from Proto-Malayic *ikət →