Where does “tuntun” come from?

tuntun (Malay) comes from Javanese ꦠꦸꦤ꧀ꦠꦸꦤ꧀, from Old Javanese tuntun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuntun.

tuntun (Malay): to guide, to lead by holding one's hand, with a rope etc

Definitions

  1. to guide, to lead by holding one's hand, with a rope etc

Ancestry of “tuntun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Javaneseꦠꦸꦤ꧀ꦠꦸꦤ꧀to guide, to lead
2Old Javanesetuntunleading rope or string
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*tuntun
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuntunEvery word from Old Javanese tuntunEvery word from Javanese ꦠꦸꦤ꧀ꦠꦸꦤ꧀