Where does “apa saja” come from?

apa saja (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 saja (Indonesian): whatever often used interrogatively

Definitions

  1. whatever often used interrogatively

Ancestry of “apa saja”, step by step

apa saja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian apa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianapawhat; "introduces a question"
2Indonesian-anAdded to an noun; Added to an verb to create an...
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

via Indonesian saja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiansajaalso, besides; as well; further; too; merely,...
2Malaysahajaonly; Archaic spelling of saja; actually
3Sanskritसहजnatural, innate, original
Every word from Ottoman Turkish اوكEvery word from Malay -anEvery word from Indonesian -an