Where does “enem” come from?

enem (Brooke's Point Palawano) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian ənəm, from Proto-Austroasiatic *ənəm.

enem (Brooke's Point Palawano): six

Definitions

  1. six

Ancestry of “enem”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianənəmsix
2Proto-Austronesianənəmsix
3Proto-Austroasiatic*ənəm—
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *ənəm →Every word from Proto-Austronesian ənəm →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ənəm →