Where does “meng- -kan” come from?

meng- -kan (Indonesian) comes 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.

meng- -kan (Indonesian): used to form adjectives that denoting the presence of a quality in any degree (typically abundance of)

Definitions

  1. used to form adjectives that denoting the presence of a quality in any degree (typically abundance of)

Ancestry of “meng- -kan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianmeng-agent focus, frequently but erroneously called...
2Malaymeng-agent focus, frequently but erroneously called...
3Proto-Malayic*mAN-
4Proto-Malayo-Chamic*maN-
5Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan*maN-
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*maN-inflectional prefix marking actor voice

Words derived from “meng- -kan

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN-