Where does “pintarkan” come from?

pintarkan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian -kan, from Malay -kan, from Proto-Malayic *-kən.

pintarkan (Indonesian): to smarten

Definitions

  1. to smarten

Ancestry of “pintarkan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesian-kanUsed to indicate transitive imperative verbs;...
2Malay-kanUsed to indicate transitive imperative verbs;...
3Proto-Malayic*-kən—
Every word from Proto-Malayic *-kən →
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