Where does “suku kata” come from?
suku kata (Malay) comes from Indonesian suku, from Malay suku, from Javanese ꦱꦸꦏꦸ, from Old Javanese suku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sukud, from Proto-Austronesian *sukud.
suku kata (Malay): syllable
Ancestry of “suku kata”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | suku | — |
| 2 | Malay | suku | quarter |
| 3 | Javanese | ꦱꦸꦏꦸ | — |
| 4 | Old Javanese | suku | — |
| 5 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *sukud | — |
| 6 | Proto-Austronesian | *sukud | — |