Where does “Tawang” come from?
Tawang (English) comes from Old Javanese tawaṅ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *tabaN.
Ancestry of “Tawang”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Javanese | tawaṅ | — |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *tabaŋ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | *tabaN | — |