Where does “ceʼlaiang” come from?

ceʼlaiang (Makasar) comes from Makasar ceʼlài, from Makasar -i, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-i, from Proto-Austronesian *-i.

ceʼlaiang (Makasar): to salt something for someone

Definitions

  1. to salt something for someone

Ancestry of “ceʼlaiang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarceʼlàito salt; to add salt to something
2Makasar-isuffix forming transitive verbs
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*-i—
4Proto-Austronesian*-i—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *-i →Every word from Makasar -i →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-i →