Where does “menjijikkan” come from?
menjijikkan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian jijik, from Malay jijik, from Proto-Malayic jiji-ʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic jiji-ʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan jiji-ʔ, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi zizi-ʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zizi-q, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zizi — disgusted; revolted.
menjijikkan (Indonesian): disgusting
Definitions
- disgusting
Ancestry of “menjijikkan”, step by step
menjijikkan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian jijik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | jijik | disgusted |
| 2 | Malay | jijik | disgusting; disgusted |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | jiji-ʔ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Chamic | jiji-ʔ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan | jiji-ʔ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi | zizi-ʔ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | zizi-q | — |
| 8 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | zizi | disgusted; revolted |
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 |