Where does “merahasiakan” come from?

merahasiakan (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.

merahasiakan (Indonesian): to secret, to keep secret

Definitions

  1. to secret, to keep secret

Ancestry of “merahasiakan”, step by step

merahasiakan 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 rahasia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianrahasiasecret, confidential; secret
2Malayrahsiasecret; confidential
3Classical Malayrahasiasecret, confidential; secret
4Sanskritरहस्यsecret, private, clandestine, concealed,...
5Proto-Indo-Iranianraȷ́ʰ-to abandon; secret, mystery; to abandon
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN-Every word from Indonesian meng-Every word from Indonesian meng- -kan