Where does “ganti untung” come from?

ganti untung (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian untung, from Malay untung, from Classical Malay ontong, from Proto-Malayic untuŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian utuŋ.

Ancestry of “ganti untung”, step by step

ganti untung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian untung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianuntunggain
2Malayuntunggain
3Classical Malayontong—
4Proto-Malayicuntuŋgain
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianutuŋ—

via Indonesian ganti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiangantideputy, vice
2Malaygantito replace
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian utuŋ →