Where does “buat” come from?

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

buat (Malay): to do; to make, to do; for

Definitions

  1. to do; to make, to do; for

Ancestry of “buat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicbuat—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuhat—

Words derived from “buat”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buhat →Every word from Proto-Malayic buat →
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