Where does “datang” come from?

datang (Indonesian) comes from Malay datang, from Classical Malay داتڠ, from Proto-Malayic datəŋ — to come; to arrive.

datang (Indonesian): to come; to arrive

Definitions

  1. to come; to arrive

Ancestry of “datang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaydatangto come
2Classical Malayداتڠ—
3Proto-Malayicdatəŋto come; to arrive

Words derived from “datang”

Every word from Proto-Malayic datəŋ →Every word from Classical Malay داتڠ →Every word from Malay datang →
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