Where does “surat khabar” come from?
surat khabar (Malay) comes from Dutch nieuwsbrief, from Dutch nieuws, from Dutch nieuw, from Middle Dutch niewe, from Old Dutch niuwi, from Proto-West Germanic niwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European néwyos — new; to nod, assent to.
surat khabar (Malay): newspaper
Definitions
- newspaper
Ancestry of “surat khabar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | nieuwsbrief | newsletter |
| 2 | Dutch | nieuws | news |
| 3 | Dutch | nieuw | new |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | niewe | new |
| 5 | Old Dutch | niuwi | new |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | niwi | new |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *niwjaz | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | néwyos | Alternative form of *néwos; new |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | néwos | new |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | new- | new; to nod, assent to |