Where does “sinuhun” come from?

sinuhun (Old Javanese) comes from Old Javanese suhun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suqun, from Proto-Austronesian *suquN.

sinuhun (Old Javanese): to carry on the head

Definitions

  1. to carry on the head

Ancestry of “sinuhun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Javanesesuhunto raise over the head
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*suqun
3Proto-Austronesian*suquN

Words derived from “sinuhun

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *suquNEvery word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suqunEvery word from Old Javanese suhun