Where does “buatan” come from?

buatan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian buat, from Malay buat, from Proto-Malayic buat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buhat.

buatan (Indonesian): creation

Definitions

  1. creation

Ancestry of “buatan”, step by step

buatan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian buat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbuatto make, create
2Malaybuatto do; to make, to do; for
3Proto-Malayicbuat—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuhat—

via Indonesian an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianan—

Words derived from “buatan”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buhat →