Where does “tolong” come from?
tolong (Indonesian) comes from Malay tolong, from Classical Malay tolong, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuluŋ — to help, to assist.
tolong (Indonesian): to help
Ancestry of “tolong”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | tolong | to help, to assist |
| 2 | Classical Malay | tolong | to help |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | tuluŋ | to help, to assist |