Where does “ayakan” come from?

ayakan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian ayak, from Malay ayak — sifter, sieve.

ayakan (Indonesian): sieve

Definitions

  1. sieve

Ancestry of “ayakan”, step by step

ayakan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian ayak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianayakto sift, to screen
2Malayayaksifter, sieve

via Indonesian an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianan
Every word from Malay ayak