Where does “mengetengahkan” come from?

mengetengahkan (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.

mengetengahkan (Indonesian): to middle to move towards the middle

Definitions

  1. to middle to move towards the middle

Ancestry of “mengetengahkan”, step by step

mengetengahkan 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 [[ke]] [[tengah]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesian[[ke]] [[tengah]]
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN-Every word from Indonesian meng-Every word from Indonesian meng- -kan