Where does “tahun” come from?

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

tahun (Ternate): a year

Definitions

  1. a year

Ancestry of “tahun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayتاهونyear
2Proto-Malayictahunyear
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantaqunyear
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taqun →Every word from Proto-Malayic tahun →Every word from Malay تاهون →