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 — walking stick.

suku kata (Malay): syllable

Definitions

  1. syllable

Ancestry of “suku kata”, step by step

suku kata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian suku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiansukupart
2Malaysukuquarter
3Javaneseꦱꦸꦏꦸfoot
4Old Javanesesukufoot
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*sukudwalking stick
6Proto-Austronesian*sukudwalking stick

via Indonesian kata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankataword
2Malaykataword
3Palikathāspeech, story, talk
4Sanskritकथाstory
5Proto-Indo-Iranian*kátʰaH—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *sukud →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sukud →Every word from Old Javanese suku →