Where does “dimakan” come from?
dimakan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian makan, from Malay makan, from Proto-Malayic makan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kaən, from Proto-Austronesian kaən — to eat.
dimakan (Indonesian): to be eaten
Ancestry of “dimakan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | makan | to eat |
| 2 | Malay | makan | to eat; consume, spend; to injure or penetrate |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | makan | to eat |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | kaən | to eat |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | kaən | to eat |