Where does “dipimpinkan” come from?
dipimpinkan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian di- -kan, from Indonesian di-, from Indonesian -kan, from Malay -kan, from Proto-Malayic *-kən.
Ancestry of “dipimpinkan”, step by step
dipimpinkan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian di- -kan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | di- -kan | — |
| 2 | Indonesian | di- | dimakan ― to be eaten |
| 3 | Indonesian | -kan | Used to indicate transitive imperative verbs;... |
| 4 | Malay | -kan | Used to indicate transitive imperative verbs;... |
| 5 | Proto-Malayic | *-kən | — |
via Indonesian pimpin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | pimpin | to lead |
| 2 | Malay | pimpin | — |