Where does “menyerang” come from?

menyerang (Indonesian) comes 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.

menyerang (Indonesian): to attack

Definitions

  1. to attack

Ancestry of “menyerang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianmeng-agent focus, frequently but erroneously called...
2Malaymeng-agent focus, frequently but erroneously called...
3Proto-Malayic*mAN-
4Proto-Malayo-Chamic*maN-
5Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan*maN-
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*maN-inflectional prefix marking actor voice
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN-