Where does “tanya dan jawab” come from?

tanya dan jawab (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian dan, from Malay dan, from Japanese 段, from Chinese 段.

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Ancestry of “tanya dan jawab”, step by step

tanya dan jawab traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian dan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiandanand; Rank in judo, karate and kenpo
2Malaydanand; Rank in judo, karate and kenpo
3Japanesesteps (up and down); stairs
4Chinese

via Indonesian tanya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantanyaquestion
2Malaytanyato ask
3Proto-Malayic*taɲaʔ
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*utaña

via Indonesian jawab

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianjawabanswer
2Malayjawabto answer; answer
3Arabicجَوَابanswer, reply
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