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Where does “rahyang” come from?
rahyang (Sundanese) comes from Old Javanese ra-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daₐ.
Ancestry of “rahyang”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Javanese
ra-
oblique case marker for common nouns
2
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
*daₐ
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Words derived from “rahyang”
Parahiyangan
Parahiyangan
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daₐ →
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