Where does “kasurupan” come from?

kasurupan (Sundanese) comes from Sundanese surup, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian surup.

kasurupan (Sundanese): possession the state of being controlled by evil spirits

Definitions

  1. possession the state of being controlled by evil spirits

Ancestry of “kasurupan”, step by step

kasurupan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sundanese surup

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sundanesesurupto set (of the sun)
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiansurup—

via Sundanese ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sundaneseka- -an—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian surup →Every word from Sundanese surup →