Where does “jāṅan” come from?

jāṅan (Old Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic *jaŋan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zaŋan — a handspan.

Ancestry of “jāṅan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*jaŋan—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianzaŋana handspan

Words derived from “jāṅan”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zaŋan →Every word from Proto-Malayic *jaŋan →
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