Where does “pertanyaan” come from?

pertanyaan (Malay) comes from Malay tanya, from Proto-Malayic *taɲaʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *utaña.

pertanyaan (Malay): question

Definitions

  1. question

Ancestry of “pertanyaan”, step by step

pertanyaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay tanya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytanyato ask
2Proto-Malayic*taɲaʔ—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*utaña—

via Malay per- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayper- -an—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *utaña →Every word from Proto-Malayic *taɲaʔ →Every word from Malay tanya →