Where does “mengindonesiakan” come from?
mengindonesiakan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian Indonesia, from Dutch Indonesië, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός, from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁, from Sanskrit सिन्धु, from Proto-Indo-Aryan síndʰuṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian síndʰuš, from Sanskrit सिन्धु॑.
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Ancestry of “mengindonesiakan”, step by step
mengindonesiakan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian Indonesia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | Indonesia | Indonesian |
| 2 | Dutch | Indonesië | Indonesia |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Ἰνδός | an inhabitant of India or the Indian... |
| 4 | Old Persian | 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 | India; people living beyond the Indus |
| 5 | Sanskrit | सिन्धु | a river, stream; flood, waters; ocean, sea |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | síndʰuṣ | river, ocean; flow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | síndʰuš | river, stream |
| 8 | Sanskrit | सिन्धु॑ | — |
via Indonesian meng- -kan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | meng- -kan | used to form adjectives that denoting the presence of a quality in any degree (typically abundance of) |
| 2 | Indonesian | meng- | agent focus, frequently but erroneously called... |
| 3 | Malay | meng- | agent focus, frequently but erroneously called... |
| 4 | Proto-Malayic | *mAN- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Malayo-Chamic | *maN- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan | *maN- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *maN- | inflectional prefix marking actor voice |