Where does “جاڠن” come from?

جاڠن (Classical Malay) comes from Old Malay jāṅan, from Proto-Malayic *jaŋan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zaŋan — a handspan.

Ancestry of “جاڠن”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Malayjāṅan—
2Proto-Malayic*jaŋan—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianzaŋana handspan

Words derived from “جاڠن”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zaŋan →Every word from Proto-Malayic *jaŋan →Every word from Old Malay jāṅan →