Where does “suntikan” come from?

suntikan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian suntik, from Javanese suntik, from Javanese sa-.

suntikan (Indonesian): injection

Definitions

  1. injection

Ancestry of “suntikan”, step by step

suntikan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian suntik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiansuntikto inject
2Javanesesuntikto inject
3Javanesesa-

via Indonesian an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianan
Every word from Javanese sa-