Where does “menceritakan” come from?

menceritakan (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.

menceritakan (Indonesian): narrate

Definitions

  1. narrate

Ancestry of “menceritakan”, step by step

menceritakan 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 cerita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianceritastory
2Malayceritastory
3Classical Malayceterastory; parasol; See cerita
4Palicaritapractice; performance; conduct; deed; action;...
5Sanskritचरित"idem"; course of life
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN-Every word from Indonesian meng-Every word from Indonesian meng- -kan