Where does “jangan” come from?

jangan (Malay) comes from Classical Malay جاڠن, from Old Malay jāṅan, from Proto-Malayic *jaŋan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zaŋan — a handspan.

jangan (Malay): don't do not; marks the negative imperative

Definitions

  1. don't do not; marks the negative imperative

Ancestry of “jangan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Malayجاڠن
2Old Malayjāṅan
3Proto-Malayic*jaŋan
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianzaŋana handspan

Words derived from “jangan

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zaŋanEvery word from Proto-Malayic *jaŋanEvery word from Old Malay jāṅan