Where does “tangkasi” come from?

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

tangkasi (Makasar): to clean; to cleanse e.g., a house or a horse

Definitions

  1. to clean; to cleanse e.g., a house or a horse

Ancestry of “tangkasi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasar-isuffix forming transitive verbs
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*-i—
3Proto-Austronesian*-i—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *-i →Every word from Makasar -i →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-i →