Where does “manok” come from?

manok (Acehnese) comes from Proto-Chamic *manuʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian manuk, from Proto-Austronesian manuk — bird; chicken.

manok (Acehnese): chicken, poultry, fowl

Definitions

  1. chicken, poultry, fowl

Ancestry of “manok”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Chamic*manuʔ—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianmanukbird
3Proto-Austronesianmanukbird; chicken
Every word from Proto-Austronesian manuk →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian manuk →Every word from Proto-Chamic *manuʔ →