Where does “sekadar” come from?

sekadar (Malay) comes from Malay se-, from Old Malay sa-, from Proto-Malayic sA-, from Proto-Malayic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

sekadar (Malay): just, only, simply, merely

Definitions

  1. just, only, simply, merely

Ancestry of “sekadar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayse-one; used to form the comparative of adjectives;...
2Old Malaysa-—
3Proto-MalayicsA-one
4Proto-Malayicəsa—
5Proto-Malayo-Chamicəsa—
6Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanəsa—
7Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəsaone
8Proto-Austronesian*əsa—
9Proto-Oceanic*isa—
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