Where does “timbang” come from?

timbang (Indonesian) comes from Javanese ꦏꦼꦠꦶꦩ꧀ꦧꦁ, from Javanese ꦠꦶꦩ꧀ꦧꦁ, from Old Javanese timbaṅ.

timbang (Indonesian): fair, unbiased

Definitions

  1. fair, unbiased

Ancestry of “timbang”, step by step

timbang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Javanese ꦏꦼꦠꦶꦩ꧀ꦧꦁ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Javaneseꦏꦼꦠꦶꦩ꧀ꦧꦁthan
2Javaneseꦠꦶꦩ꧀ꦧꦁfair, unbiased
3Old Javanesetimbaṅ—

via Malay timbang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytimbangto weigh to measure the weight of something
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantimbaŋbalanced

Words derived from “timbang”

Every word from Old Javanese timbaṅ →Every word from Javanese ꦠꦶꦩ꧀ꦧꦁ →Every word from Javanese ꦏꦼꦠꦶꦩ꧀ꦧꦁ →