Where does “melemahkan” come from?

melemahkan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian meng- -kan, from Indonesian meng-, from Malay meng-, from Proto-Malayic *mAN-, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *maN-, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *maN-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- — inflectional prefix marking actor voice.

melemahkan (Indonesian): to weaken

Definitions

  1. to weaken

Ancestry of “melemahkan”, step by step

melemahkan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian meng- -kan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianmeng- -kanused to form adjectives that denoting the presence of a quality in any degree (typically abundance of)
2Indonesianmeng-agent focus, frequently but erroneously called...
3Malaymeng-agent focus, frequently but erroneously called...
4Proto-Malayic*mAN-
5Proto-Malayo-Chamic*maN-
6Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan*maN-
7Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*maN-inflectional prefix marking actor voice

via Indonesian lemah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianlemahweak (lacking in force or ability)
2Javaneseꦊꦩꦃearth
3Old Javaneselĕmahearth
4Proto-Mon-Khmersləmʔ
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN-