Where does “จาการ์ตา” come from?
จาการ์ตา (Thai) comes from English Jakarta, from Indonesian Jakarta, from Sanskrit जयकर्ता, from Sanskrit जय, from Sanskrit कर्ता, from Sanskrit कर्तृ, from Sanskrit कृ, from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- — to do; to make; to build.
Ancestry of “จาการ์ตา”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Jakarta | — |
| 2 | Indonesian | Jakarta | — |
| 3 | Sanskrit | जयकर्ता | — |
| 4 | Sanskrit | जय | conquest, victory, triumph, winning, being... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | कर्ता | nominative singular of कर्तृ |
| 6 | Sanskrit | कर्तृ | — |
| 7 | Sanskrit | कृ | to make |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷer- | to do; to make; to build |