Where does “attiru jamàng” come from?

attiru jamàng (Makasar) comes from Makasar jamàng, from Hungarian -ang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -an, from Proto-Austronesian -an — Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...

attiru jamàng (Makasar): to scrounge for a small job; to look to pick up casual work

Definitions

  1. to scrounge for a small job; to look to pick up casual work

Ancestry of “attiru jamàng”, step by step

attiru jamàng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Makasar jamàng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarjamàngwork; task; job
2Hungarian-angAdded to a verb to form a verb denoting...
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian-anVerbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...
4Proto-Austronesian-anVerbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...

via Makasar attiru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarattiru—
2Makasaraʼ-derivational prefix forming intransitive verbs from nouns and other roots
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*maʀ-—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian -an →Every word from Hungarian -ang →Every word from Makasar jamàng →