Where does “tuan” come from?

tuan (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qatuan — deity.

tuan (Malay): master, lord; mister

Definitions

  1. master, lord; mister

Ancestry of “tuan”, step by step

tuan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qatuan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqatuandeity

via Proto-Austronesian *qatuan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesian*qatuan—

Words derived from “tuan”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qatuan →