Where does “Adang” come from?

Adang (Makasar) comes from Arabic آدَم, from Arabic آدَمُ, from Hebrew אָדָם, from Hebrew אדמה — earth, soil, land.

Adang (Makasar): Adam the first human and prophet in Abrahamic traditions

Definitions

  1. Adam the first human and prophet in Abrahamic traditions

Ancestry of “Adang”, step by step

Adang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic آدَم

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ArabicآدَمAdam
2Arabicآدَمُ—
3Hebrewאָדָםearth, man, soil, light brown; Adam; man, person
4Hebrewאדמהearth, soil, land

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qadaŋ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qadaŋ—

Words derived from “Adang”

Every word from Hebrew אדמה →Every word from Hebrew אָדָם →Every word from Arabic آدَمُ →