Where does “tano” come from?

tano (Toba Batak) comes from Proto-Batak *tanəh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq — earth, soil, land.

tano (Toba Batak): earth, soil, land

Definitions

  1. earth, soil, land

Ancestry of “tano”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Batak*tanəhearth, land, soil
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*tanəqearth, soil, land
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq →Every word from Proto-Batak *tanəh →