Where does “tahun lompat” come from?

tahun lompat (Malay) comes from Malay tahun, from Proto-Malayic tahun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taqun — year.

tahun lompat (Malay): leap year

Definitions

  1. leap year

Ancestry of “tahun lompat”, step by step

tahun lompat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay tahun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytahunyear
2Proto-Malayictahunyear
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantaqunyear

via Malay lompat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylompatto jump, to leap, to spring
2Proto-Austronesian*lumpat
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taqunEvery word from Proto-Malayic tahunEvery word from Malay tahun