Where does “tulang rahang” come from?

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

tulang rahang (Indonesian): jawbone, mandible

Definitions

  1. jawbone, mandible

Ancestry of “tulang rahang”, step by step

tulang rahang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian tulang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantulangbone
2Malaytulangbone
3Proto-Malayictulaŋbone
4Proto-Malayo-PolynesiantuqəlaŋAlternative form of *tuqəlan
5Proto-AustronesianCuqəlaNbone

via Indonesian rahang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianrahangjaw
2Malayrahangjaw

Words derived from “tulang rahang”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian CuqəlaN →