Where does “tidak ada” come from?

tidak ada (Malay) comes from Malay ada, from Malay اد, from Proto-Turkic āt, from Proto-Germanic ētą, from Proto-Germanic etaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- — to eat.

tidak ada (Malay): without

Definitions

  1. without

Ancestry of “tidak ada”, step by step

tidak ada traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay ada

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayadato be; to be present, to be exist, there be; to...
2Malayادto be
3Proto-Turkicātname
4Proto-Germanicētąthe act of eating; food
5Proto-Germanicetanąto eat
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁édtito eat
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat

via Malay tidak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytidaknot
2Proto-Malayicdaʔ—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandiaqnot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁édti →Every word from Proto-Germanic etaną →