Where does “gamelan” come from?

Gamelan comes from Javanese gamelan, derived from the Javanese suffix -an added to a root meaning to strike or handle.

gamelan (English): A genre of music of Indonesian origin typically...

Definitions

  1. A genre of music of Indonesian origin typically...

Ancestry of “gamelan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Javanesegamelangamelan
2Old Javanesegamĕlangamelan
3Old Javanesegamĕlto touch, to grasp
4Proto-Mon-Khmerkəəlʔto support; to help

Words derived from “gamelan”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer kəəlʔ →Every word from Old Javanese gamĕl →Every word from Old Javanese gamĕlan →
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