Where does “tersangka” come from?
tersangka (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian ter-, from Malay ter-, from Classical Malay ter-, from Proto-Malayic tAr-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taʀ-, from Proto-Austronesian taʀ-.
tersangka (Indonesian): suspect
Ancestry of “tersangka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Indonesian | ter- | for passive intransitive verb, agentless actions,... |
| 2 | Malay | ter- | agentless actions, such as those which are... |
| 3 | Classical Malay | ter- | for passive intransitive verb, agentless actions,... |
| 4 | Proto-Malayic | tAr- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | taʀ- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Austronesian | taʀ- | — |