Where does “Pasir Panjang” come from?

Pasir Panjang (Malay) comes from Malay pasir, from Proto-Malayic *pasir, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pasiʀ.

Ancestry of “Pasir Panjang”, step by step

Pasir Panjang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay pasir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaypasirsand
2Proto-Malayic*pasirsand
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*pasiʀ—

via Malay panjang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaypanjanglong

Words derived from “Pasir Panjang”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pasiʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayic *pasir →Every word from Malay pasir →
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