Where does “perjuangan” come from?

perjuangan (Malay) comes from Malay juang, from Proto-Malayic *juaŋ.

perjuangan (Malay): struggle, fight

Definitions

  1. struggle, fight

Ancestry of “perjuangan”, step by step

perjuangan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay juang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayjuangto struggle; to fight especially for a principle, a cause, or independence
2Proto-Malayic*juaŋ

via Malay per- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayper- -an
Every word from Proto-Malayic *juaŋ