Where does “Antananarivo” come from?

Antananarivo (Esperanto) comes from Malagasy Antananarivo, from Malagasy tanana, from Proto-Malayic taŋan — hand.

Ancestry of “Antananarivo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalagasyAntananarivo—
2Malagasytananahand of humans
3Proto-Malayictaŋanhand
Every word from Proto-Malayic taŋan →Every word from Malagasy tanana →Every word from Malagasy Antananarivo →