Where does “selatan” come from?

selatan (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic sAlatan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian salatan — south or south wind.

selatan (Malay): south

Definitions

  1. south

Ancestry of “selatan”, step by step

selatan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayic sAlatan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-MalayicsAlatan—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiansalatansouth or south wind

via Proto-Malayic silatan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicsilatan—

Words derived from “selatan”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian salatan →Every word from Proto-Malayic sAlatan →