Where does “tebusan” come from?
tebusan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian tebus, from Malay tebus, from Proto-Austronesian təbuS.
tebusan (Indonesian): ransom
Ancestry of “tebusan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | tebus | — |
| 2 | Malay | tebus | — |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | təbuS | — |