Where does “zalan” come from?

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

Ancestry of “zalan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianzalan—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianzalanpath
3Proto-Austronesianzalanpath

Words derived from “zalan”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian zalan →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zalan →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian zalan →
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