Where does “ceng” come from?

ceng (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Thai Jang, from Malay jangan, from Classical Malay جاڠن, from Old Malay jāṅan, from Proto-Malayic *jaŋan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zaŋan — a handspan.

Ancestry of “ceng”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ThaiJang—
2Malayjangandon't do not; marks the negative imperative
3Classical Malayجاڠن—
4Old Malayjāṅan—
5Proto-Malayic*jaŋan—
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesianzaŋana handspan

Words derived from “ceng”

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