Where does “perlakukan” come from?
perlakukan (Indonesian) comes from Proto-West Germanic laku, from Finnish lakritsi, from Swedish lakrits, from Late Latin liquiritia, from Ancient Greek γλυκύρριζα, from Ancient Greek γλυκύς, from Proto-Hellenic *dlukús.
perlakukan (Indonesian): to treat
Definitions
- to treat
Ancestry of “perlakukan”, step by step
perlakukan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Proto-West Germanic laku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | laku | stream; pool, lake |
| 2 | Finnish | lakritsi | licorice, liquorice |
| 3 | Swedish | lakrits | licorice/liquorice |
| 4 | Late Latin | liquiritia | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γλυκύρριζα | licorice |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | γλυκύς | sweet |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *dlukús | — |
via Indonesian per- -kan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | per- -kan | used to form causative benefactive aspects and transitivity on a verb |
| 2 | Indonesian | per- | Used to form nouns from verbs conjugated with... |
| 3 | Malay | per- | abstraction, place, goal, result; Used to form... |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | *paR- | derivational prefix used to form deverbal nouns |