Where does “bertuah” come from?

bertuah (Indonesian) comes from Malay bertuah, from Malay ber-, from Classical Malay ber- — having; -ed, -d; producing; multiple.

bertuah (Indonesian): magical

Definitions

  1. magical

Ancestry of “bertuah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybertuahhaving luck; magical
2Malayber-used to form stative verbs; having; -ed, -d,...
3Classical Malayber-having; -ed, -d; producing; multiple
Every word from Classical Malay ber- →Every word from Malay ber- →Every word from Malay bertuah →