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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | salah | false |
| 2 | Malay | salah | false, wrong; A violation of God's will or... |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | salah | wrong, false |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | salaq | wrong, in error |
via Indonesian ber- -an
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | ber- -an | intransitive verbal circumfix from verb with the meanings of |