Where does “lhan” come from?

lhan (Acehnese) comes from Proto-Chamic *klan, from Proto-Austroasiatic *tlan — python.

lhan (Acehnese): python (member of the genus Python)

Definitions

  1. python (member of the genus Python)

Ancestry of “lhan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Chamic*klan—
2Proto-Austroasiatic*tlanpython
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *tlan →Every word from Proto-Chamic *klan →