Where does “angkat” come from?

angkat (Indonesian) comes from Malay angkat, from Proto-Malayic aŋkat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian aŋkat — to lift.

angkat (Indonesian): adoptive, adopted

Definitions

  1. adoptive, adopted

Ancestry of “angkat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayangkatto lift, to raise
2Proto-Malayicaŋkatto lift
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianaŋkatto lift

Words derived from “angkat”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian aŋkat →Every word from Proto-Malayic aŋkat →Every word from Malay angkat →
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