Where does “pardalan” come from?

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

pardalan (Toba Batak): traveller

Definitions

  1. traveller

Ancestry of “pardalan”, 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 →