Where does “siang” come from?

siang (Indonesian) comes from Malay siang, from Javanese ꦱꦶꦪꦁ, from English Siyan, from Old Javanese Hyaṅ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qiaŋ.

siang (Indonesian): daytime

Definitions

  1. daytime

Ancestry of “siang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysiangdaytime
2Javaneseꦱꦶꦪꦁthe time between 10 o'clock until 15 o'clock
3EnglishSiyanA Kurdish tribe who live in southern Arbil, as...
4Old JavaneseHyaṅgod, goddess, deified being, divinity
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqiaŋ—

Words derived from “siang”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qiaŋ →Every word from Old Javanese Hyaṅ →Every word from English Siyan →