Where does “pembenah tanah” come from?

pembenah tanah (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian tanah, from Malay tanah, from Proto-Malayic *tanah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq — earth, soil, land.

pembenah tanah (Indonesian): soil conditioner

Definitions

  1. soil conditioner

Ancestry of “pembenah tanah”, step by step

pembenah tanah traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian tanah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantanahearth; ground; land
2Malaytanahground; land; earth
3Proto-Malayic*tanahearth; soil
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*tanəqearth, soil, land

via Indonesian pembenah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianpembenah—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq →Every word from Proto-Malayic *tanah →Every word from Malay tanah →