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- →