Where does “landak” come from?

landak (Cebuano) comes from Proto-Philippine *landak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *landak — porcupine.

landak (Cebuano): the Philippine porcupine (Hystrix pumila)

Definitions

  1. the Philippine porcupine (Hystrix pumila)

Ancestry of “landak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*landak—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*landakporcupine
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *landak →Every word from Proto-Philippine *landak →