Where does “melumpuhkan” come from?

melumpuhkan (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.

melumpuhkan (Indonesian): to paralyze

Definitions

  1. to paralyze

Ancestry of “melumpuhkan”, step by step

melumpuhkan 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 lumpuh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianlumpuhparalyzed, crippled, lame
2Malaylumpuh—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*lumpuq—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- →Every word from Indonesian meng- →Every word from Indonesian meng- -kan →