Where does “jangan” come from?

jangan (Indonesian) comes from Malay jangan, from Classical Malay جاڠن, from Old Malay jāṅan, from Proto-Malayic *jaŋan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zaŋan — a handspan.

jangan (Indonesian): expresses that something is forbidden or shouldn't happen: don't!

Definitions

  1. expresses that something is forbidden or shouldn't happen: don't!

Ancestry of “jangan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayjangandon't do not; marks the negative imperative
2Classical Malayجاڠن—
3Old Malayjāṅan—
4Proto-Malayic*jaŋan—
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianzaŋana handspan

Words derived from “jangan”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zaŋan →Every word from Proto-Malayic *jaŋan →Every word from Old Malay jāṅan →