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
Ancestry of “dalan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Javanese | dalan | path, way |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | zalan | path |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | zalan | path |