Where does “celengan” come from?

celengan (Indonesian) comes from Javanese ꦕꦺꦭꦺꦔꦤ꧀, from Javanese -ꦲꦤ꧀.

celengan (Indonesian): piggy bank

Definitions

  1. piggy bank

Ancestry of “celengan”, step by step

celengan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Javanese ꦕꦺꦭꦺꦔꦤ꧀

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Javaneseꦕꦺꦭꦺꦔꦤ꧀piggy bank
2Javanese-ꦲꦤ꧀—

via Indonesian an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianan—
Every word from Javanese -ꦲꦤ꧀ →Every word from Javanese ꦕꦺꦭꦺꦔꦤ꧀ →