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Where does “kering” come from?

kering (Old Javanese) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka-wiʀi, from Proto-Austronesian ka-wiʀi.

kering (Old Javanese): left, opposite of right

Definitions

  1. left, opposite of right

Ancestry of “kering”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianka-wiʀi—
2Proto-Austronesianka-wiʀi—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian ka-wiʀi →