Where does “ontong” come from?
ontong (Classical Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic untuŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian utuŋ.
Ancestry of “ontong”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Malayic | untuŋ | gain |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | utuŋ | — |
Words derived from “ontong”