Where does “tulang” come from?

tulang (Mualang) comes from Proto-Malayic tulaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuqəlaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian CuqəlaN — bone.

tulang (Mualang): bone

Definitions

  1. bone

Ancestry of “tulang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayictulaŋbone
2Proto-Malayo-PolynesiantuqəlaŋAlternative form of *tuqəlan
3Proto-AustronesianCuqəlaNbone
Every word from Proto-Austronesian CuqəlaN →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuqəlaŋ →Every word from Proto-Malayic tulaŋ →