Where does “مڠـ” come from?

مڠـ (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic *mAN-, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *maN-, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *maN-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- — inflectional prefix marking actor voice.

مڠـ (Malay): agent focus, frequently but erroneously called "active voice", for AVO word order

Definitions

  1. agent focus, frequently but erroneously called "active voice", for AVO word order

Ancestry of “مڠـ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*mAN-—
2Proto-Malayo-Chamic*maN-—
3Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan*maN-—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*maN-inflectional prefix marking actor voice
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *maN- →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *maN- →