Where does “tanya” come from?

tanya (Indonesian) comes from Malay tanya, from Proto-Malayic *taɲaʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *utaña.

tanya (Indonesian): question

Definitions

  1. question

Ancestry of “tanya”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytanyato ask
2Proto-Malayic*taɲaʔ—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*utaña—

Words derived from “tanya”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *utaña →Every word from Proto-Malayic *taɲaʔ →Every word from Malay tanya →