Where does “jalan” come from?
jalan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian air, from Malay air, from Proto-Malayic air, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic air, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan wair, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wahiʀ — water.
jalan (Indonesian): path; road; A road or other similar beaten path;...
Definitions
- path; road; A road or other similar beaten path;...
Ancestry of “jalan”, step by step
jalan traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian air
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | air | water; a cockfight round which started by... |
| 2 | Malay | air | water; a cockfight round which started by... |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | air | water |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Chamic | air | water |
| 5 | Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan | wair | water |
| 6 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | wahiʀ | water |
via Malay jalan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | jalan | path; road; street; track; way; to go on, to go... |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | jalan | path |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | zalan | path |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | zalan | path |
via Indonesian nafas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | nafas | Alternative spelling of napas |