Where does “midang” come from?

midang (Sundanese) comes from Sundanese n-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- — inflectional prefix marking actor voice.

midang (Sundanese): finely dressed

Definitions

  1. finely dressed

Ancestry of “midang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sundanesen-active verb-forming prefix
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*maN-inflectional prefix marking actor voice
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN-
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