Where does “balanga” come from?

balanga (North Moluccan Malay) comes from Malay belanga, from Proto-Malayic *bAlaŋa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balaŋa, from Proto-Austronesian *balaŋa — shallow earthenware cooking pot or pan.

balanga (North Moluccan Malay): wide mouthed cooking pot

Definitions

  1. wide mouthed cooking pot

Ancestry of “balanga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybelangacauldron, cooking vessels usually out of earthenware
2Proto-Malayic*bAlaŋa—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*balaŋashallow earthenware cooking pot or pan
4Proto-Austronesian*balaŋashallow earthenware cooking pot or pan
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *balaŋa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balaŋa →Every word from Proto-Malayic *bAlaŋa →