Where does “bukaan” come from?

bukaan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian buka, from Malay buka, from Proto-Malayic buka, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buka — to open.

bukaan (Indonesian): opening

Definitions

  1. opening

Ancestry of “bukaan”, step by step

bukaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian buka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbukaopen; to be open
2Malaybukato open; open; to be open
3Proto-Malayicbuka—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbukato open

via Indonesian an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianan—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buka →Every word from Proto-Malayic buka →Every word from Malay buka →