Where does “jalan” come from?

jalan (Banjarese) comes from Proto-Malayic jalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zalan, from Proto-Austronesian zalan — path.

jalan (Banjarese): path

Definitions

  1. path

Ancestry of “jalan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicjalanpath
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianzalanpath
3Proto-Austronesianzalanpath
Every word from Proto-Austronesian zalan →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zalan →Every word from Proto-Malayic jalan →