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Where does “zalan” come from?

zalan (Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zalan, from Proto-Austronesian zalan — path.

Ancestry of “zalan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianzalanpath
2Proto-Austronesianzalanpath

Words derived from “zalan”

  • lauhala
  • lauhala
  • hala
  • ara
  • hara
  • ara
  • sala
  • salan
  • sala
  • zalan
  • dala
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