Where does “alang” come from?

alang (Indonesian) comes from Malay alang, from Malay الڠ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalaŋ.

alang (Indonesian): crossbeam, bar going across

Definitions

  1. crossbeam, bar going across

Ancestry of “alang”, step by step

alang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay alang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalangmiddle
2Malayالڠmiddle
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qalaŋ—

via Minangkabau alang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Minangkabaualang—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalaŋ →Every word from Malay الڠ →Every word from Malay alang →