Where does “orang” come from?

orang (Iban) comes from Proto-Malayic uraŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀaŋ — outsider.

orang (Iban): person, people

Definitions

  1. person, people

Ancestry of “orang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicuraŋoutsider
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*uʀaŋoutsider

Words derived from “orang”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀaŋ →Every word from Proto-Malayic uraŋ →