Where does “bertendangan” come from?

bertendangan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian tendangan, from Indonesian tendang, from Malay tendang — to kick.

bertendangan (Indonesian): having a kick

Definitions

  1. having a kick

Ancestry of “bertendangan”, step by step

bertendangan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian tendangan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantendangankick
2Indonesiantendangto kick
3Malaytendangto kick

via Indonesian ber- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianber- -anintransitive verbal circumfix from verb with the meanings of
Every word from Malay tendang →Every word from Indonesian tendang →Every word from Indonesian tendangan →