Where does “pegulat” come from?

pegulat (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian per-, from Malay per-, from Proto-Austronesian *paR- — derivational prefix used to form deverbal nouns.

pegulat (Indonesian): wrestler

Definitions

  1. wrestler

Ancestry of “pegulat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianper-Used to form nouns from verbs conjugated with...
2Malayper-abstraction, place, goal, result; Used to form...
3Proto-Austronesian*paR-derivational prefix used to form deverbal nouns
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *paR- →Every word from Indonesian per- →Every word from Malay per- →