Where does “tanya” come from?

tanya (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic *taɲaʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *utaña.

tanya (Malay): to ask

Definitions

  1. to ask

Ancestry of “tanya”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*taɲaʔ
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*utaña

Words derived from “tanya

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *utaña