Where does “baca'an” come from?

baca'an (Cia-Cia) comes from Indonesian bacaan, from Malay bacaan, from Malay -an, from English -ant, from Middle English -ant, from Old English -ende, from Proto-West Germanic *-andī, from Proto-Germanic -andz — voice (of human or animal); sound.

baca'an (Cia-Cia): reading; reading matter

Definitions

  1. reading; reading matter

Ancestry of “baca'an”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbacaanreading, reading material
2Malaybacaanreading; reading of written materials
3Malay-anSuffix for collectivity; Suffix for similarity;...
4English-antThe agent noun derived from verb; An adjective...
5Middle English-ant
6Old English-endeequivalent of English -ing; suffix for present...
7Proto-West Germanic*-andī
8Proto-Germanic-andz
9Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
10Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
11Hungarianönyou
12Hungarianön-self-
13Turkishönfront
14Ottoman Turkishاوكvoice (of human or animal); sound
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