merdeka

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*méǵh₂s
2. Proto-Indo-Iranian*maȷ́ʰā́
3. Sanskritम॒हत् (mahát)
4. Sanskritमहा (mahā)
5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eldʰ-?
6. Sanskritऋध् (ṛdh)
7. Sanskritऋद्धि (ṛddhi)
8. Sanskritमहर्द्धिक (maharddhika)
9. Malaymerdeheka
10. Malaymerdeka
11. English todayMerdeka

Borrowed from Malay merdeka, an elision of merdeheka ~ merdahika, borrowed from Sanskrit महर्द्धिक (maharddhika, “very prosperous”), from महा (mahā) (a combining form of म॒हत् (mahát, “abundant; great, large”)) + ऋद्धि (ṛddhi, “prosperity, wealth”) + -क (-ka, suffix forming adjectives): * म॒हत् (mahát) is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“big, great”). * ऋद्धि (ṛddhi) is possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eldʰ- (“to accomplish”) or *h₂erdʰ- (“abundance”). cognates * Buginese ᨆᨑᨉᨙᨀ (“free”, adjective) * Dutch mardijker (“former slave who converted to Christianity”) * Javanese ꦩꦂꦢꦶꦏ (mardika) * Tagalog maharlika (“aristocracy, nobility; freeman; (obsolete) act of freeing from slavery; etc.”)

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