Where does “piattikiang” come from?

piattikiang (Makasar) comes from Makasar piattìki, from Makasar -i, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-i, from Proto-Austronesian *-i.

piattikiang (Makasar): to let something drip into something

Definitions

  1. to let something drip into something

Ancestry of “piattikiang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarpiattìkito let drip onto or into 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 →