Where does “tukang masak” come from?

tukang masak (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian masak, from Malay masak, from Proto-Malayic masak.

tukang masak (Indonesian): cook (a person who prepares food)

Definitions

  1. cook (a person who prepares food)

Ancestry of “tukang masak”, step by step

tukang masak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian masak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianmasakripe; to cook
2Malaymasakto cook; cooked; ripe
3Proto-Malayicmasak—

via Indonesian tukang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantukangcraftsman
Every word from Proto-Malayic masak →