Where does “doejong” come from?
doejong (Dutch) comes from Malay duyung, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duyuŋ.
doejong (Dutch): dugong, "Dugong dugon"
Ancestry of “doejong”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | duyung | dugong |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *duyuŋ | — |