Where does “perisian jahat” come from?

perisian jahat (Malay) comes from Malay perisian, from Malay -an, from English -ant, from Middle English -ant, from Old English -ende, from Proto-West Germanic *-andī, from Proto-Germanic -andz, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts — sound, voice.

perisian jahat (Malay): malware; badware

Definitions

  1. malware; badware

Ancestry of “perisian jahat”, step by step

perisian jahat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay perisian

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayperisiansoftware
2Malay-anSuffix for collectivity; Suffix for similarity;...
3English-antThe agent noun derived from verb; An adjective...
4Middle English-ant
5Old English-endeequivalent of English -ing; suffix for present...
6Proto-West Germanic*-andī
7Proto-Germanic-andz
8Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
9Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
10Hungarianönyou
11Hungarianön-self-
12Turkishönfront
13Ottoman Turkishاوكvoice (of human or animal); sound
14Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice

via Malay jahat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayjahatbad, evil; naughty, undisciplined; malicious
2Proto-Malayicjahatbad, evil
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianzaqatbad, evil; ugly
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