Where does “mempersalahkan” come from?

mempersalahkan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian memper- -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.

mempersalahkan (Indonesian): to deem false

Definitions

  1. to deem false

Ancestry of “mempersalahkan”, step by step

mempersalahkan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian memper- -kan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianmemper- -kan
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 salah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiansalahfalse
2Malaysalahfalse, wrong; A violation of God's will or...
3Proto-Malayicsalahwrong, false
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiansalaqwrong, in error
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN-Every word from Indonesian meng-Every word from Malay meng-