Where does “membersihkan” come from?

membersihkan (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.

membersihkan (Indonesian): to clean

Definitions

  1. to clean

Ancestry of “membersihkan”, step by step

membersihkan 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 Old High German bersih

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanbersih
2Old High Germanbars
3Proto-Germanic*bars
4Proto-Germanicbarskaz
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰórs-o-s
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰers-top, tip, point
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN-Every word from Indonesian meng-Every word from Indonesian meng- -kan