Where does “tidak akan” come from?

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

tidak akan (Malay): never

Definitions

  1. never

Ancestry of “tidak akan”, step by step

tidak akan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay tidak

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

via Malay Akan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalayAkanAkan (ethnic group)
2Classical Malayاكن—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*akənon, upon
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian diaq →Every word from Proto-Malayic daʔ →Every word from Malay tidak →