Where does “simpangan” come from?

simpangan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian simpang, from Malay simpang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *simpaŋ — sidepath; branch or fork in path or stream.

simpangan (Indonesian): deviation

Definitions

  1. deviation

Ancestry of “simpangan”, step by step

simpangan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian simpang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiansimpangbranch
2Malaysimpangjunction
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*simpaŋsidepath; branch or fork in path or stream

via Indonesian an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianan—

Words derived from “simpangan”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *simpaŋ →Every word from Malay simpang →Every word from Indonesian simpang →