Where does “tidak pernah” come from?

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

tidak pernah (Malay): never

Definitions

  1. never

Ancestry of “tidak pernah”, step by step

tidak pernah traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay tidak

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

via Malay pernah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaypernahever; Semelfactive or non-iterative aspect i. e....
2Sanskritपारणा—

Words derived from “tidak pernah”

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