Where does “petunjuk” come from?

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

petunjuk (Indonesian): clue; hint

Definitions

  1. clue; hint

Ancestry of “petunjuk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianper-Used to form nouns from verbs conjugated with...
2Malayper-abstraction, place, goal, result; Used to form...
3Proto-Austronesian*paR-derivational prefix used to form deverbal nouns
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