Where does “anngasalaʼ sassang” come from?
anngasalaʼ sassang (Makasar) comes from Makasar sassang, from Pali sassa, from Sanskrit सस्य, from Proto-Indo-Iranian sasás, from Proto-Indo-European (s)h₁es-, from Proto-Indo-European seh₁- — to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...
anngasalaʼ sassang (Makasar): to grope in the dark
Definitions
- to grope in the dark
Ancestry of “anngasalaʼ sassang”, step by step
anngasalaʼ sassang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Makasar sassang
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Makasar | sassang | dark |
| 2 | Pali | sassa | corn, crop; genitive/dative singular of san |
| 3 | Sanskrit | सस्य | corn, grain, fruit, crop of corn |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | sasás | corn, herb, grass |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)h₁es- | harvest, crop, fruit |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | seh₁- | to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,... |
via Makasar anngasalaʼ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Makasar | anngasalaʼ | to feel; to grope around; to frisk |
| 2 | Makasar | aN- | derivational prefix forming intransitive verbs from nouns and other roots |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *maN- | inflectional prefix marking actor voice |