Where does “jembatan gantung” come from?

jembatan gantung (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian gantung, from Malay gantung — to hang.

jembatan gantung (Indonesian): suspension bridge

Definitions

  1. suspension bridge

Ancestry of “jembatan gantung”, step by step

jembatan gantung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian gantung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiangantungto hang
2Malaygantungto hang

via Indonesian jembatan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianjembatanbridge
Every word from Malay gantung →Every word from Indonesian gantung →