Where does “taong” come from?

taong (North Moluccan Malay) comes from Malay تاهون, from Proto-Malayic tahun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taqun — year.

Ancestry of “taong”, step by step

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

Words derived from “taong”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taqun →Every word from Proto-Malayic tahun →Every word from Malay تاهون →