Where does “jalan” come from?

jalan (Sundanese) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zalan, from Proto-Austronesian zalan — path.

jalan (Sundanese): path; road; street

Definitions

  1. path; road; street

Ancestry of “jalan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianzalanpath
2Proto-Austronesianzalanpath
Every word from Proto-Austronesian zalan →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zalan →