Where does “ulang tahun” come from?

ulang tahun (Malay) comes from Malay ulang, from Classical Malay ulang, from Proto-Malayic ulaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ulaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian ulaŋ — repeat, do again.

ulang tahun (Malay): anniversary

Definitions

  1. anniversary

Ancestry of “ulang tahun”, step by step

ulang tahun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay ulang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayulangto repeat
2Classical Malayulang—
3Proto-Malayiculaŋ—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianulaŋrepeat, do again
5Proto-Austronesianulaŋrepeat, do again

via Malay tahun

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

Words derived from “ulang tahun”

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