Where does “sebanyak” come from?

sebanyak (Malay) comes from Malay se-, from Old Malay sa-, from Proto-Malayic sA-, from Proto-Malayic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

sebanyak (Malay): as much as; as many as equal in quantity or amount

Definitions

  1. as much as; as many as equal in quantity or amount

Ancestry of “sebanyak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayse-one; used to form the comparative of adjectives;...
2Old Malaysa-
3Proto-MalayicsA-one
4Proto-Malayicəsa
5Proto-Malayo-Chamicəsa
6Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanəsa
7Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəsaone
8Proto-Austronesian*əsa
9Proto-Oceanic*isa
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isa
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