Where does “menjepunkan” come from?

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

Ancestry of “menjepunkan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaymeng-agent focus, frequently but erroneously called...
2Proto-Malayic*mAN-—
3Proto-Malayo-Chamic*maN-—
4Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan*maN-—
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*maN-inflectional prefix marking actor voice
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- →Every word from Malay meng- →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *maN- →