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