Where does “tahun” come from?

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

Ancestry of “tahun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantahunyear
2Malaytahunyear
3Proto-Malayictahunyear
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantaqunyear
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taqun
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