Where does “tanah” come from?

tanah (Minangkabau) comes from Proto-Malayic *tanah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq — earth, soil, land.

tanah (Minangkabau): land

Definitions

  1. land

Ancestry of “tanah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*tanahearth; soil
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*tanəqearth, soil, land
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq →Every word from Proto-Malayic *tanah →