Where does “bilang” come from?

bilang (Indonesian) comes from Malay bilang, from Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ — to count, to calculate.

bilang (Indonesian): say

Definitions

  1. say

Ancestry of “bilang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybilangto say; to talk; to count
2Proto-Austronesian*bilaŋto count, to calculate

Words derived from “bilang”

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