Where does “tawaṅ” come from?
tawaṅ (Old Javanese) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tabaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *tabaN.
Ancestry of “tawaṅ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *tabaŋ | — |
| 2 | Proto-Austronesian | *tabaN | — |