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.
Ancestry of “jangan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Classical Malay | جاڠن | — |
| 2 | Old Malay | jāṅan | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | *jaŋan | — |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | zaŋan | — |