Where does “berserakan” come from?

berserakan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian ber- -an — intransitive verbal circumfix from verb with the meanings of.

berserakan (Indonesian): to be scattered

Definitions

  1. to be scattered

Ancestry of “berserakan”, step by step

berserakan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian ber- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianber- -anintransitive verbal circumfix from verb with the meanings of

via Indonesian serak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianserakto get or become scattered
Every word from Indonesian ber- -an
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