Where does “sayang” come from?
sayang (Malay) comes from Austronesian *sayaŋ.
sayang (Malay): love
Definitions
- love
Ancestry of “sayang”, step by step
sayang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Austronesian *sayaŋ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austronesian | *sayaŋ | — |
via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sayaŋ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *sayaŋ | — |