Where does “buat” come from?

buat (Tenggarong Kutai Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic buat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buhat.

buat (Tenggarong Kutai Malay): to insert

Definitions

  1. to insert

Ancestry of “buat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicbuat—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuhat—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buhat →Every word from Proto-Malayic buat →