Where does “ontong” come from?

ontong (Classical Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic untuŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian utuŋ.

Ancestry of “ontong”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicuntuŋgain
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianutuŋ—

Words derived from “ontong”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian utuŋ →Every word from Proto-Malayic untuŋ →