Where does “angel” come from?

angel (Indonesian) comes from Javanese ꦲꦔꦺꦭ꧀, from Old Javanese aṅel, from Old Javanese (m)aN-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- — inflectional prefix marking actor voice.

angel (Indonesian): difficult

Definitions

  1. difficult

Ancestry of “angel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Javaneseꦲꦔꦺꦭ꧀difficult
2Old Javaneseaṅeltired
3Old Javanese(m)aN-active verb
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*maN-inflectional prefix marking actor voice
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- →Every word from Old Javanese (m)aN- →Every word from Old Javanese aṅel →