Where does “tulang” come from?

tulang (Indonesian) comes from Malay tulang, from Proto-Malayic tulaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuqəlaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian CuqəlaN — bone.

tulang (Indonesian): bone

Definitions

  1. bone

Ancestry of “tulang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytulangbone
2Proto-Malayictulaŋbone
3Proto-Malayo-PolynesiantuqəlaŋAlternative form of *tuqəlan
4Proto-AustronesianCuqəlaNbone

Words derived from “tulang”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian CuqəlaN →