Where does “anak” come from?

anak (Baram Kayan) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian anak, from Proto-Austronesian aNak — child.

anak (Baram Kayan): child

Definitions

  1. child

Ancestry of “anak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesiananakchild
2Proto-AustronesianaNakchild
Every word from Proto-Austronesian aNak →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian anak →
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