Where does “jalai” come from?

jalai (Iban) comes from Proto-Malayic jalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zalan, from Proto-Austronesian zalan — path.

jalai (Iban): path

Definitions

  1. path

Ancestry of “jalai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicjalanpath
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianzalanpath
3Proto-Austronesianzalanpath

Words derived from “jalai”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian zalan →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zalan →Every word from Proto-Malayic jalan →
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