Where does “dalan” come from?

dalan (Javanese) comes from Old Javanese dalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zalan, from Proto-Austronesian zalan — path.

dalan (Javanese): passage; road; street

Definitions

  1. passage; road; street

Ancestry of “dalan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Javanesedalanpath, way
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianzalanpath
3Proto-Austronesianzalanpath
Every word from Proto-Austronesian zalan →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zalan →Every word from Old Javanese dalan →