Where does “perlihatkan” come from?

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

perlihatkan (Indonesian): to show

Definitions

  1. to show

Ancestry of “perlihatkan”, step by step

perlihatkan 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 lihat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianlihatlook; see; watch
2Malaylihatto look; to see; to watch
3Proto-Malayiclihatto see
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *paR-Every word from Indonesian per-Every word from Malay per-