Where does “makang” come from?

makang (Ambonese Malay) comes from Malay makan, from Proto-Malayic makan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kaən, from Proto-Austronesian kaən — to eat.

makang (Ambonese Malay): to eat

Definitions

  1. to eat

Ancestry of “makang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaymakanto eat; consume, spend; to injure or penetrate
2Proto-Malayicmakanto eat
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankaənto eat
4Proto-Austronesiankaənto eat
Every word from Proto-Austronesian kaən →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kaən →Every word from Proto-Malayic makan →