Where does “reka bentuk” come from?

reka bentuk (Malay) comes from Malay reka, from Sanskrit रेखा — a scratch, streak, stripe, line Gṛihyās. Yājñ....

reka bentuk (Malay): design

Definitions

  1. design

Ancestry of “reka bentuk”, step by step

reka bentuk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay reka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayrekawork, measures
2Sanskritरेखाa scratch, streak, stripe, line Gṛihyās. Yājñ....

via Malay bentuk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybentukshape; form
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*bentuk—
Every word from Sanskrit रेखा →Every word from Malay reka →