Where does “apa pun” come from?
apa pun (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian apa, from Indonesian -an, 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.
apa pun (Indonesian): any
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Ancestry of “apa pun”, step by step
apa pun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian apa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | apa | what; "introduces a question" |
| 2 | Indonesian | -an | Added to an noun; Added to an verb to create an... |
| 3 | Malay | -an | Suffix for collectivity; Suffix for similarity;... |
| 4 | English | -ant | The agent noun derived from verb; An adjective... |
| 5 | Middle English | -ant | — |
| 6 | Old English | -ende | equivalent of English -ing; suffix for present... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *-andī | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -andz | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 10 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 11 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 12 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 13 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 14 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |