Where does “ayunkan” come from?

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

ayunkan (Indonesian): to swing

Definitions

  1. to swing

Ancestry of “ayunkan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianayunswing, swinging: the act or motion of that which swings
2Malayayunto swing; to sway; to rock to move back and forth or from side to side
3Proto-Malayic*ayunto swing, to oscillate
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ayunto swing, to oscillate
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ayun →Every word from Proto-Malayic *ayun →Every word from Malay ayun →