Where does “selatan” come from?

selatan (Indonesian) comes from Malay selatan, from Proto-Malayic sAlatan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian salatan — south or south wind.

selatan (Indonesian): south

Definitions

  1. south

Ancestry of “selatan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayselatansouth
2Proto-MalayicsAlatan—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiansalatansouth or south wind

Words derived from “selatan”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian salatan →Every word from Proto-Malayic sAlatan →Every word from Malay selatan →