Where does “tian” come from?

tian (Indonesian) comes from Malay tian, from Classical Malay تيان, from Proto-Malayic *tian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tian, from Proto-Austronesian tiaN — belly.

tian (Indonesian): uterus; womb

Definitions

  1. uterus; womb

Ancestry of “tian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytianuterus; womb
2Classical Malayتيان—
3Proto-Malayic*tianwomb; uterus
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantianbelly
5Proto-AustronesiantiaNbelly
Every word from Proto-Austronesian tiaN →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tian →Every word from Proto-Malayic *tian →