Where does “mardalan” come from?

mardalan (Toba Batak) comes from Toba Batak dalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zalan, from Proto-Austronesian zalan — path.

mardalan (Toba Batak): to walk

Definitions

  1. to walk

Ancestry of “mardalan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Toba Batakdalanway, road
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianzalanpath
3Proto-Austronesianzalanpath
Every word from Proto-Austronesian zalan →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zalan →Every word from Toba Batak dalan →