Where does “tenaga” come from?

tenaga (Malay) comes from Sanskrit तानयति, from Indo-Iranian *tānáyati, from Proto-Indo-European tonéyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

tenaga (Malay): energy; power; strength the physical or mental capacity to perform work or activities

Definitions

  1. energy; power; strength the physical or mental capacity to perform work or activities

Ancestry of “tenaga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritतानयतिto extend; to expand
2Indo-Iranian*tānáyati—
3Proto-Indo-Europeantonéyetito extend
4Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
5Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “tenaga”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tonéyeti →