Where does “berbuat” come from?

berbuat (Malay) comes from Malay buat, from Proto-Malayic buat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buhat.

berbuat (Malay): to do; to act; to perform an action

Definitions

  1. to do; to act; to perform an action

Ancestry of “berbuat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybuatto do; to make, to do; for
2Proto-Malayicbuat—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuhat—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buhat →Every word from Proto-Malayic buat →Every word from Malay buat →