Where does “pengawas” come from?

pengawas (Indonesian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic awas, from Classical Persian آواز, from Middle Persian ʾwʾz, from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

pengawas (Indonesian): overseer, supervisor

Definitions

  1. overseer, supervisor

Ancestry of “pengawas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicawas—
2Classical Persianآواز—
3Middle Persianʾwʾzvoice, sound, tune
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwṓkʷsvoice, speech
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

Words derived from “pengawas”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →