Where does “[[lawan]], [[lāwan]]” come from?

[[lawan]], [[lāwan]] (Old Javanese) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laban — to oppose; to go against someone.

Ancestry of “[[lawan]], [[lāwan]]”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*labanto oppose; to go against someone

Words derived from “[[lawan]], [[lāwan]]”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laban →