Where does “bertanah” come from?

bertanah (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian tanah, from Malay tanah, from Proto-Malayic *tanah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq — earth, soil, land.

bertanah (Indonesian): having land

Definitions

  1. having land

Ancestry of “bertanah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantanahearth; ground; land
2Malaytanahground; land; earth
3Proto-Malayic*tanahearth; soil
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*tanəqearth, soil, land
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq →Every word from Proto-Malayic *tanah →Every word from Malay tanah →