Where does “dalang” come from?

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

dalang (Malay): puppeteer; mastermind

Definitions

  1. puppeteer; mastermind

Ancestry of “dalang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Malayدالڠ—
2Old Javanesedalanpath, way
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianzalanpath
4Proto-Austronesianzalanpath

Words derived from “dalang”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian zalan →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zalan →Every word from Old Javanese dalan →