Where does “ketulangan” come from?

ketulangan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian tulang, from Malay tulang, from Proto-Malayic tulaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuqəlaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian CuqəlaN — bone.

ketulangan (Indonesian): to choke on fishbone, or any small bone

Definitions

  1. to choke on fishbone, or any small bone

Ancestry of “ketulangan”, step by step

ketulangan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian tulang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantulangbone
2Malaytulangbone
3Proto-Malayictulaŋbone
4Proto-Malayo-PolynesiantuqəlaŋAlternative form of *tuqəlan
5Proto-AustronesianCuqəlaNbone

via Indonesian ke- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianke- -anness; appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of (the adjective)", "the quality of (the adjective)", or "the measure of (the adjective)"
2Malayke- -anness; appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of (the adjective)", "the quality of (the adjective)", or "the measure of (the adjective)"
3Proto-Malayic*kə- -an
4Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an
Every word from Proto-Austronesian CuqəlaN