Where does “Malayan” come from?

Malayan derives from English Malaya plus the Italian suffix -ana, from Spanish -ana, from Latin -anus, ultimately from Proto-Italic -os, a masculine nominative singular ending.

Malayan (English): A person from Malaysia or the former Malaya; a...

Definitions

  1. A person from Malaysia or the former Malaya; a...

Ancestry of “Malayan”, step by step

Malayan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Malaya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMalaya—
2EnglishMalayOf or relating to the Malays, a people living in...
3MalayMelayuMalay
4MalayMalayu—
5Old Javaneselayūto run
6Proto-Sunda-Sulawesilariw—
7Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlaʀiw—
8Proto-Austronesianlaʀiw—

via Armenian Մալայան

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ArmenianՄալայան—
2Armenian-յանforming belonging/affiliation adjectives; forming...
3Old Armenian-եանforming belonging/affiliation adjectives; forming...
4Proto-Indo-European-iyn̥—

Words derived from “Malayan”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian laʀiw →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian laʀiw →Every word from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi lariw →