Where does “vängä” come from?

vängä (Aiwoo) comes from Proto-Oceanic *paŋan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kaən, from Proto-Austronesian kaən — to eat.

Ancestry of “vängä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanic*paŋan—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankaənto eat
3Proto-Austronesiankaənto eat
Every word from Proto-Austronesian kaən →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kaən →Every word from Proto-Oceanic *paŋan →