Where does “jalan” come from?
jalan (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic jalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zalan, from Proto-Austronesian zalan — path.
jalan (Malay): path; road; street; track; way; to go on, to go...
Definitions
- path; road; street; track; way; to go on, to go...
Ancestry of “jalan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Malayic | jalan | path |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | zalan | path |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | zalan | path |
Words derived from “jalan”