Where does “ayun” come from?

ayun (Indonesian) comes from Malay ayun, from Proto-Malayic *ayun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ayun — to swing, to oscillate.

ayun (Indonesian): swing, swinging: the act or motion of that which swings

Definitions

  1. swing, swinging: the act or motion of that which swings

Ancestry of “ayun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayayunto swing; to sway; to rock to move back and forth or from side to side
2Proto-Malayic*ayunto swing, to oscillate
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ayunto swing, to oscillate

Words derived from “ayun”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ayun →Every word from Proto-Malayic *ayun →Every word from Malay ayun →