Where does “ilang” come from?

ilang (North Moluccan Malay) comes from Classical Malay هيلڠ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qilaŋ.

ilang (North Moluccan Malay): to be lost

Definitions

  1. to be lost

Ancestry of “ilang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Malayهيلڠ—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qilaŋ—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qilaŋ →Every word from Classical Malay هيلڠ →