Where does “cendekiawan” come from?

cendekiawan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian -wan, from Pali -vant, from Sanskrit -वत्, from Proto-Indo-European -wénts — Forms possessive adjectives from nominal stems.

cendekiawan (Indonesian): scholar

Definitions

  1. scholar

Ancestry of “cendekiawan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesian-wan-man
2Pali-vantAbounding in thing identified by the noun the...
3Sanskrit-वत्-ful, rich; as, like; having the qualities of
4Proto-Indo-European-wéntsForms possessive adjectives from nominal stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wénts →Every word from Sanskrit -वत् →Every word from Indonesian -wan →