Where does “惹蘭” come from?

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

Ancestry of “惹蘭”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayjalanpath; road; street; track; way; to go on, to go...
2Proto-Malayicjalanpath
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianzalanpath
4Proto-Austronesianzalanpath
Every word from Proto-Austronesian zalan →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zalan →Every word from Proto-Malayic jalan →