Where does “nanaq” come from?

nanaq (Bunun) comes from Proto-Austronesian naNaq, from Proto-Austroasiatic *naNaq.

nanaq (Bunun): pus

Definitions

  1. pus

Ancestry of “nanaq”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-AustronesiannaNaqpus
2Proto-Austroasiatic*naNaq—
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *naNaq →Every word from Proto-Austronesian naNaq →
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