Where does “menjalani” come from?

menjalani (Malay) comes from Malay jalan, from Proto-Malayic jalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zalan, from Proto-Austronesian zalan — path.

menjalani (Malay): to walk on; to undergo, to endure; to go through

Definitions

  1. to walk on; to undergo, to endure; to go through

Ancestry of “menjalani”, step by step

menjalani traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay jalan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayjalanpath; road; street; track; way; to go on, to go...
2Proto-Malayicjalanpath
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianzalanpath
4Proto-Austronesianzalanpath

via Malay men- -i

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaymen- -i—

Words derived from “menjalani”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian zalan →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zalan →Every word from Proto-Malayic jalan →