Where does “terpaku” come from?

terpaku (Malay) comes from Malay ter-, from Classical Malay ter-, from Proto-Malayic tAr-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taʀ-, from Proto-Austronesian taʀ-.

terpaku (Malay): to be nailed already fastened or secured with a nail

Definitions

  1. to be nailed already fastened or secured with a nail

Ancestry of “terpaku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayter-agentless actions, such as those which are...
2Classical Malayter-for passive intransitive verb, agentless actions,...
3Proto-MalayictAr-—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantaʀ-—
5Proto-Austronesiantaʀ-—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian taʀ- →
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