Where does “menyelamatkan” come from?

menyelamatkan (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.

menyelamatkan (Indonesian): to save, to rescue

Definitions

  1. to save, to rescue

Ancestry of “menyelamatkan”, step by step

menyelamatkan 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 selamat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianselamatcongratulations; safety; wholeness
2Malayselamatsafety, security, peace; safe, secure;...
3Arabicسَلَامَةgood health
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN-
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