Where does “berpandangan” come from?

berpandangan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian pandangan, from Indonesian -an, from Malay -an, from English -ant, from Middle English -ant, from Old English -ende, from Proto-West Germanic *-andī, from Proto-Germanic -andz — voice (of human or animal); sound.

berpandangan (Indonesian): to look at each other

Definitions

  1. to look at each other

Ancestry of “berpandangan”, step by step

berpandangan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian pandangan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianpandangansight
2Indonesian-anAdded to an noun; Added to an verb to create an...
3Malay-anSuffix for collectivity; Suffix for similarity;...
4English-antThe agent noun derived from verb; An adjective...
5Middle English-ant—
6Old English-endeequivalent of English -ing; suffix for present...
7Proto-West Germanic*-andī—
8Proto-Germanic-andz—
9Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
10Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
11Hungarianönyou
12Hungarianön-self-
13Turkishönfront
14Ottoman Turkishاوكvoice (of human or animal); sound

via Indonesian ber- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianber- -anintransitive verbal circumfix from verb with the meanings of
Every word from Ottoman Turkish اوك →Every word from Malay -an →Every word from Indonesian -an →