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Where does “jāṅan” come from?

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

Ancestry of “jāṅan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*jaŋan—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianzaŋan—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zaŋan →