Where does “berlihat-lihatan” come from?
berlihat-lihatan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian lihat-lihat, from Indonesian lihat, from Malay lihat, from Proto-Malayic lihat — to see.
Ancestry of “berlihat-lihatan”, step by step
berlihat-lihatan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian lihat-lihat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | lihat-lihat | — |
| 2 | Indonesian | lihat | look; see; watch |
| 3 | Malay | lihat | to look; to see; to watch |
| 4 | Proto-Malayic | lihat | to see |
via Indonesian ber- -an
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | ber- -an | intransitive verbal circumfix from verb with the meanings of |