Where does “tanah” come from?
tanah (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic *tanah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq.
tanah (Malay): ground; land; earth
Ancestry of “tanah”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Malayic | *tanah | — |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *tanəq | — |
Words derived from “tanah”