Where does “pulang tongsan” come from?

pulang tongsan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian pulang, from Malay pulang, from Proto-Malayic *pulaŋ.

pulang tongsan (Indonesian): to return to hometown

Definitions

  1. to return to hometown

Ancestry of “pulang tongsan”, step by step

pulang tongsan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian pulang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianpulangto return, to go home, to go back
2Malaypulangto return, to go back, to go home
3Proto-Malayic*pulaŋ—

via Indonesian tongsan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IndonesiantongsanChina
2Chinese唐山China
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