Where does “tanggung” come from?

tanggung (Indonesian) comes from Malay tanggung, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋguŋ.

tanggung (Indonesian): to bear a burden, loss, etc

Definitions

  1. to bear a burden, loss, etc

Ancestry of “tanggung”, step by step

tanggung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay tanggung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytanggungto support on the shoulder
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*taŋguŋ—

via Javanese tanggung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Javanesetanggung—

Words derived from “tanggung”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋguŋ →Every word from Malay tanggung →