Where does “nyang-” come from?

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

nyang- (Sundanese): verbal prefix indicating movement or action towards a certain direction

Definitions

  1. verbal prefix indicating movement or action towards a certain direction

Ancestry of “nyang-”, 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- →Every word from Sundanese n- →