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Where does “sumpah” come from?
sumpah (Old Javanese) comes from Sanskrit शाप, from Sanskrit शप्, from Proto-Indo-European kep-.
Ancestry of “sumpah”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Sanskrit
शाप
spell; ban; curse
2
Sanskrit
शप्
to curse; to swear an oath, utter an execration;...
3
Proto-Indo-European
kep-
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Words derived from “sumpah”
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