Where does “berjalan” come from?

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

berjalan (Classical Malay): to walk; to travel; to go

Definitions

  1. to walk; to travel; to go

Ancestry of “berjalan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayberjalanto walk
2Malayjalanpath; road; street; track; way; to go on, to go...
3Proto-Malayicjalanpath
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianzalanpath
5Proto-Austronesianzalanpath
Every word from Proto-Austronesian zalan →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zalan →Every word from Proto-Malayic jalan →