Where does “lapangan” come from?

lapangan (Indonesian) comes from Malay lapangan, from Malay -an, from English -ant, from Middle English -ant, from Old English -ende, from Proto-West Germanic *-andī, from Proto-Germanic -andz, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts — sound, voice.

lapangan (Indonesian): field; A venue where sporting events are held,...

Definitions

  1. field; A venue where sporting events are held,...

Ancestry of “lapangan”, step by step

lapangan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay lapangan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylapanganfield; sphere of interest; A venue where sporting...
2Malay-anSuffix for collectivity; Suffix for similarity;...
3English-antThe agent noun derived from verb; An adjective...
4Middle English-ant
5Old English-endeequivalent of English -ing; suffix for present...
6Proto-West Germanic*-andī
7Proto-Germanic-andz
8Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
9Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
10Hungarianönyou
11Hungarianön-self-
12Turkishönfront
13Ottoman Turkishاوكvoice (of human or animal); sound
14Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice

via Indonesian lapang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianlapangwide, spacious, roomy; free, unoccupied
2Malaylapangwide, open, free, spacious; wide, spacious,...

Words derived from “lapangan

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