Where does “tahun” come from?

tahun (Tausug) comes from Malay tahun, from Proto-Malayic tahun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taqun — year.

tahun (Tausug): year

Definitions

  1. year

Ancestry of “tahun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytahunyear
2Proto-Malayictahunyear
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantaqunyear
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taqun
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