Where does “batangan” come from?
batangan (Indonesian) comes from Malay batangan, from Classical Malay batangan, from Indonesian -an, from Malay -an, from English -ant, from Middle English -ant, from Old English -ende, from Proto-West Germanic *-andī — front.
batangan (Indonesian): obstacle in estuary, usually log; rod-shaped
Definitions
- obstacle in estuary, usually log; rod-shaped
Ancestry of “batangan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | batangan | — |
| 2 | Classical Malay | batangan | obstacle in estuary, usually log; rod-shaped |
| 3 | Indonesian | -an | Added to an noun; Added to an verb to create an... |
| 4 | Malay | -an | Suffix for collectivity; Suffix for similarity;... |
| 5 | English | -ant | The agent noun derived from verb; An adjective... |
| 6 | Middle English | -ant | — |
| 7 | Old English | -ende | equivalent of English -ing; suffix for present... |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | *-andī | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -andz | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 11 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 12 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 13 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 14 | Turkish | ön | front |