Where does “pinjam mengganti” come from?

pinjam mengganti (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian mengganti, from Indonesian meng-, from Malay meng-, from Proto-Malayic *mAN-, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *maN-, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *maN-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- — inflectional prefix marking actor voice.

pinjam mengganti (Indonesian): loan for consumption, mutuum

Definitions

  1. loan for consumption, mutuum

Ancestry of “pinjam mengganti”, step by step

pinjam mengganti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian mengganti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianmengganti
2Indonesianmeng-agent focus, frequently but erroneously called...
3Malaymeng-agent focus, frequently but erroneously called...
4Proto-Malayic*mAN-
5Proto-Malayo-Chamic*maN-
6Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan*maN-
7Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*maN-inflectional prefix marking actor voice

via Indonesian pinjam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianpinjamto borrow
2Malaypinjamto borrow
3Classical Malaypinjam
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*hinzam
5Proto-AustronesianSəzam
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN-