Where does “kalungkan” come from?

kalungkan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian kalung, from Malay kalung, from Javanese kalung, from Old Javanese kaluṅ — necklace.

kalungkan (Indonesian): to give or put a necklace into someone's neck

Definitions

  1. to give or put a necklace into someone's neck

Ancestry of “kalungkan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankalungnecklace
2MalaykalungA necklace
3Javanesekalungnecklace
4Old Javanesekaluṅnecklace
Every word from Old Javanese kaluṅ →Every word from Javanese kalung →Every word from Malay kalung →