Where does “terjun” come from?

terjun (Indonesian) comes from Malay terjun, from Classical Malay ترجون, from Proto-Malayic *tVɣəɟun.

terjun (Indonesian): to leap down; to jump from a high place to a lower place

Definitions

  1. to leap down; to jump from a high place to a lower place

Ancestry of “terjun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayterjunto leap down; to jump from a higher place to a lower place
2Classical Malayترجون—
3Proto-Malayic*tVɣəɟun—

Words derived from “terjun”

Every word from Proto-Malayic *tVɣəɟun →Every word from Classical Malay ترجون →Every word from Malay terjun →