Where does “mengapa” come from?

mengapa (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic mAŋ-apa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian maŋ-apa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian maŋ-, from Proto-Austronesian maŋ-.

mengapa (Malay): why

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Ancestry of “mengapa”, step by step

mengapa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayic mAŋ-apa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-MalayicmAŋ-apa—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianmaŋ-apawhy
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianmaŋ-inflectional prefix marking actor voice
4Proto-Austronesianmaŋ-—

via Malay apa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayapawhat; "introduces a question"
2Proto-Malayicapawhat
3Proto-Austronesian*apa—

Words derived from “mengapa”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian maŋ- →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian maŋ- →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian maŋ-apa →
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