Where does “mantri pengairan” come from?
mantri pengairan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian pengairan, from Indonesian peng- -an, from Malay peng- -an, from Malay peng-, from Malay -an, from English -ant, from Middle English -ant, from Old English -ende — front.
mantri pengairan (Indonesian): ditchtender: a profession involving making water available for agriculture by using dams, canals, etc
Definitions
- ditchtender: a profession involving making water available for agriculture by using dams, canals, etc
Ancestry of “mantri pengairan”, step by step
mantri pengairan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian pengairan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | pengairan | irrigation |
| 2 | Indonesian | peng- -an | the action expressed by the transitive verb [base]; -ing, -ment, -ation |
| 3 | Malay | peng- -an | the action expressed by the transitive verb [base] |
| 4 | Malay | peng- | actor, instrument, or someone characterized by... |
| 5 | Malay | -an | Suffix for collectivity; Suffix for similarity;... |
| 6 | English | -ant | The agent noun derived from verb; An adjective... |
| 7 | Middle English | -ant | — |
| 8 | Old English | -ende | equivalent of English -ing; suffix for present... |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | *-andī | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | -andz | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 12 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 13 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 14 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 15 | Turkish | ön | front |
via Hindi mantri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hindi | mantri | — |
| 2 | Sanskrit | मन्त्री | nominative singular of मन्त्रिन्; adviser;... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | मन्त्रिन् | Minister, councilor, counselor, scholar |
| 4 | Sanskrit | मन्त्र | sacred text or speech; a prayer or song of praise... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *mántras | meditation, chanting |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |