Where does “memperpendek” come from?

memperpendek (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian pendek, from Malay pendek, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pandak.

memperpendek (Indonesian): to shorten

Definitions

  1. to shorten

Ancestry of “memperpendek”, step by step

memperpendek traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian pendek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianpendekshort
2Malaypendekshort
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*pandak—

via Indonesian memper

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianmemperto look like
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pandak →Every word from Malay pendek →Every word from Indonesian pendek →