Where does “lenga” come from?

lenga (Indonesian) comes from Malay lenga, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləŋa — sesame.

lenga (Indonesian): sesame, Sesamum indicum

Definitions

  1. sesame, Sesamum indicum

Ancestry of “lenga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylengasesame, Sesamum indicum
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ləŋasesame
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləŋa →Every word from Malay lenga →