Where does “tanah” come from?
tanah (Indonesian) comes from Malay tanah, from Proto-Malayic *tanah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq.
tanah (Indonesian): earth; ground; land
Ancestry of “tanah”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | tanah | ground; land; earth |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | *tanah | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *tanəq | — |