Where does “tanah” come from?

tanah (Indonesian) comes from Malay tanah, from Proto-Malayic *tanah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq — earth, soil, land.

tanah (Indonesian): earth; ground; land

Definitions

  1. earth; ground; land

Ancestry of “tanah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytanahground; land; earth
2Proto-Malayic*tanahearth; soil
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*tanəqearth, soil, land

Words derived from “tanah”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq →Every word from Proto-Malayic *tanah →Every word from Malay tanah →