Where does “sanggah” come from?

sanggah (Indonesian) comes from Malay sanggah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋgaq.

sanggah (Indonesian): to deny, to become denial against; to rebut

Definitions

  1. to deny, to become denial against; to rebut

Ancestry of “sanggah”, step by step

sanggah traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay sanggah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysanggah—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*saŋgaq—

via Balinese sanggah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Balinesesanggahfamily shrine in the Balinese house-complex
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋgaq →Every word from Malay sanggah →