Where does “dugaan” come from?

dugaan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian duga, from Malay duga, from Sanskrit दृग.

dugaan (Indonesian): guess, assumption

Definitions

  1. guess, assumption

Ancestry of “dugaan”, step by step

dugaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian duga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IndonesiandugaTo gauge; To guess
2Malaydugato guess
3Sanskritदृग

via Indonesian an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianan
Every word from Sanskrit दृग