Where does “tahun” come from?

tahun (Indonesian) comes from Malay tahun, from Proto-Malayic tahun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taqun — year.

tahun (Indonesian): year

Definitions

  1. year

Ancestry of “tahun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytahunyear
2Proto-Malayictahunyear
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantaqunyear

Words derived from “tahun”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taqun →Every word from Proto-Malayic tahun →Every word from Malay tahun →