Where does “doejong” come from?

doejong (Dutch) comes from Malay duyung, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duyuŋ.

doejong (Dutch): dugong, "Dugong dugon"

Definitions

  1. dugong, "Dugong dugon"

Ancestry of “doejong”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayduyungdugong
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*duyuŋ—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duyuŋ →Every word from Malay duyung →