Where does “tahun” come from?

tahun (As) comes from Indonesian tahun, from Malay tahun, from Proto-Malayic tahun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taqun — year.

tahun (As): year

Definitions

  1. year

Ancestry of “tahun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantahunyear
2Malaytahunyear
3Proto-Malayictahunyear
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantaqunyear
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taqunEvery word from Proto-Malayic tahunEvery word from Malay tahun