Where does “bahan makanan” come from?

bahan makanan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian makanan, from Malay makanan, from Malay makan, from Proto-Malayic makan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kaən, from Proto-Austronesian kaən — to eat.

bahan makanan (Indonesian): foodstuff: a material that may be used as food

Definitions

  1. foodstuff: a material that may be used as food

Ancestry of “bahan makanan”, step by step

bahan makanan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian makanan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianmakananfood
2Malaymakananfood
3Malaymakanto eat; consume, spend; to injure or penetrate
4Proto-Malayicmakanto eat
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankaənto eat
6Proto-Austronesiankaənto eat

via Indonesian bahan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbahanchip, flake: a small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material
2Malaybahan—
3Classical Malaybahan—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian kaən →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kaən →Every word from Proto-Malayic makan →