Where does “usung” come from?

usung (Indonesian) comes from Malay usung, from Proto-Malayic *husuŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qusuŋ.

usung (Indonesian): to carry (to lift something and take it to another place or to transport something by lifting)

Definitions

  1. to carry (to lift something and take it to another place or to transport something by lifting)

Ancestry of “usung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayusungto carry to transport
2Proto-Malayic*husuŋ—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qusuŋ—

Words derived from “usung”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qusuŋ →Every word from Proto-Malayic *husuŋ →Every word from Malay usung →