Where does “menersangkakan” come from?

menersangkakan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian tersangka, from Indonesian ter-, from Malay ter-, from Classical Malay ter-, from Proto-Malayic tAr-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taʀ-, from Proto-Austronesian taʀ-.

menersangkakan (Indonesian): to make someone become a suspect

Definitions

  1. to make someone become a suspect

Ancestry of “menersangkakan”, step by step

menersangkakan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian tersangka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantersangkasuspect
2Indonesianter-for passive intransitive verb, agentless actions,...
3Malayter-agentless actions, such as those which are...
4Classical Malayter-for passive intransitive verb, agentless actions,...
5Proto-MalayictAr-—
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantaʀ-—
7Proto-Austronesiantaʀ-—

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
Every word from Proto-Austronesian taʀ- →Every word from Indonesian ter- →Every word from Malay ter- →