Where does “lengan” come from?

lengan (Indonesian) comes from Malay lengan, from Proto-Malayic *ləŋən, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləŋən — forearm; lower arm.

lengan (Indonesian): arm

Definitions

  1. arm

Ancestry of “lengan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylenganarm
2Proto-Malayic*ləŋən—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ləŋənforearm; lower arm

Words derived from “lengan”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləŋən →Every word from Proto-Malayic *ləŋən →Every word from Malay lengan →