Where does “getah taban” come from?

getah taban (Malay) comes from Malay getah, from Austronesian *gətəq.

getah taban (Malay): gutta-percha

Definitions

  1. gutta-percha

Ancestry of “getah taban”, step by step

getah taban traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay getah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaygetahlatex; rubber; latex
2Austronesian*gətəq—

via Malay taban

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytaban—
Every word from Austronesian *gətəq →Every word from Malay getah →