Where does “mengegas” come from?
mengegas (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian gas, from Malay gas, from Dutch gas, from Middle Dutch gasse, from Middle High German gazze, from Old High German gazza, from Proto-West Germanic *gatwā, from Proto-Germanic gatwǭ.
mengegas (Indonesian): to gas: to give a vehicle more fuel in order to accelerate it
Definitions
- to gas: to give a vehicle more fuel in order to accelerate it
Ancestry of “mengegas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | gas | gas, matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma |
| 2 | Malay | gas | gas |
| 3 | Dutch | gas | gas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | gasse | unpaved street |
| 5 | Middle High German | gazze | — |
| 6 | Old High German | gazza | lane |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *gatwā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | gatwǭ | street, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰodweh₂ | — |