Where does “tak” come from?

tak (Malay) comes from Malay tidak, from Proto-Malayic daʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian diaq — not.

tak (Malay): not

Definitions

  1. not

Ancestry of “tak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytidaknot
2Proto-Malayicdaʔ—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandiaqnot

Words derived from “tak”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian diaq →Every word from Proto-Malayic daʔ →Every word from Malay tidak →
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