Where does “bersalahan” come from?

bersalahan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian salah, from Malay salah, from Proto-Malayic salah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian salaq — wrong, in error.

bersalahan (Indonesian): to be different from one another, to contradict each other

Definitions

  1. to be different from one another, to contradict each other

Ancestry of “bersalahan”, step by step

bersalahan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian salah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiansalahfalse
2Malaysalahfalse, wrong; A violation of God's will or...
3Proto-Malayicsalahwrong, false
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiansalaqwrong, in error

via Indonesian ber- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianber- -anintransitive verbal circumfix from verb with the meanings of
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian salaqEvery word from Proto-Malayic salahEvery word from Malay salah
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