Where does “lengan” come from?
lengan (Indonesian) comes from Malay lengan, from Proto-Malayic *ləŋən, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləŋən.
lengan (Indonesian): arm
Ancestry of “lengan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | lengan | arm |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | *ləŋən | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *ləŋən | — |