Where does “Parahiyangan” come from?
Parahiyangan (Indonesian) comes from Sundanese Parahiyangan, from Sundanese rahyang, from Old Javanese ra-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daₐ.
Ancestry of “Parahiyangan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sundanese | Parahiyangan | — |
| 2 | Sundanese | rahyang | — |
| 3 | Old Javanese | ra- | oblique case marker for common nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *daₐ | — |