Where does “menyesatkan” come from?

menyesatkan (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.

menyesatkan (Indonesian): to mislead, to make deception, to fraud

Definitions

  1. to mislead, to make deception, to fraud

Ancestry of “menyesatkan”, step by step

menyesatkan 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 sesat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiansesatlost: having wandered from, or unable to find, the way
2Malaysesatlost (unable to find one's way)
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN-Every word from Indonesian meng-Every word from Indonesian meng- -kan