Where does “untung” come from?

untung (Indonesian) comes from Malay untung, from Classical Malay ontong, from Proto-Malayic untuŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian utuŋ.

untung (Indonesian): gain

Definitions

  1. gain

Ancestry of “untung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayuntunggain
2Classical Malayontong—
3Proto-Malayicuntuŋgain
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianutuŋ—

Words derived from “untung”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian utuŋ →Every word from Proto-Malayic untuŋ →Every word from Classical Malay ontong →