Where does “perbuat” come from?

perbuat (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian buat, from Malay buat, from Proto-Malayic buat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buhat.

perbuat (Indonesian): to act, to do, to make

Definitions

  1. to act, to do, to make

Ancestry of “perbuat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbuatto make, create
2Malaybuatto do; to make, to do; for
3Proto-Malayicbuat—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuhat—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buhat →Every word from Proto-Malayic buat →Every word from Malay buat →