Where does “perlainkan” come from?

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

Ancestry of “perlainkan”, step by step

perlainkan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian per- -kan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianper- -kanused to form causative benefactive aspects and transitivity on a verb
2Indonesianper-Used to form nouns from verbs conjugated with...
3Malayper-abstraction, place, goal, result; Used to form...
4Proto-Austronesian*paR-derivational prefix used to form deverbal nouns

via Indonesian lain

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianlainother, another, else; different, distinct; next,...
2Malaylainother
3Austronesian*laqin
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *paR-