Where does “dalan” come from?

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

dalan (Tetum): way, road

Definitions

  1. way, road

Ancestry of “dalan”, step by step

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