Where does “tenggelam” come from?

tenggelam (Indonesian) comes from Malay tenggelam, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tələm.

tenggelam (Indonesian): to submerge, to sink, to be immersed

Definitions

  1. to submerge, to sink, to be immersed

Ancestry of “tenggelam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytenggelamto submerge, to sink under water; disappear from surface or eye-sight
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*tələm—

Words derived from “tenggelam”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tələm →Every word from Malay tenggelam →