Where does “minsalan” come from?

minsalan (Balantak) comes from Proto-Oceanic salan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zalan, from Proto-Austronesian zalan — path.

minsalan (Balantak): to walk

Definitions

  1. to walk

Ancestry of “minsalan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanicsalan—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianzalanpath
3Proto-Austronesianzalanpath
Every word from Proto-Austronesian zalan →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zalan →Every word from Proto-Oceanic salan →
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