Where does “dalan” come from?

dalan (Proto-Philippine) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zalan, from Proto-Austronesian zalan — path.

dalan (Proto-Philippine): path a trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians; a course taken (made by humans as opposed to an animal)

Definitions

  1. path a trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians; a course taken (made by humans as opposed to an animal)

Ancestry of “dalan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianzalanpath
2Proto-Austronesianzalanpath

Words derived from “dalan”

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