Where does “pekerjaan rumah” come from?

pekerjaan rumah (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian pekerjaan, from Malay pekerjaan, from Malay -an, from English -ant, from Middle English -ant, from Old English -ende, from Proto-West Germanic *-andī, from Proto-Germanic -andz — voice (of human or animal); sound.

pekerjaan rumah (Indonesian): homework

Definitions

  1. homework

Ancestry of “pekerjaan rumah”, step by step

pekerjaan rumah traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian pekerjaan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IndonesianpekerjaanSomething done; action; An economic role for...
2MalaypekerjaanSomething done; action; An economic role for...
3Malay-anSuffix for collectivity; Suffix for similarity;...
4English-antThe agent noun derived from verb; An adjective...
5Middle English-ant
6Old English-endeequivalent of English -ing; suffix for present...
7Proto-West Germanic*-andī
8Proto-Germanic-andz
9Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
10Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
11Hungarianönyou
12Hungarianön-self-
13Turkishönfront
14Ottoman Turkishاوكvoice (of human or animal); sound

via Indonesian rumah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianrumahhouse; home
2Malayrumahhouse; home
3Classical Malayrumahhouse; home
4Proto-Malayicrumahhouse
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianʀumaqhouse
6Proto-Austronesianʀumaqhouse
Every word from Ottoman Turkish اوكEvery word from Malay -anEvery word from Hungarian ön-