Where does “peranakan” come from?

peranakan (Central Melanau) comes from Malay peranakan, from Malay anak, from Malay انق, from Proto-Malayic anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian anak, from Proto-Austronesian aNak — child.

peranakan (Central Melanau): Womb, uterus

Definitions

  1. Womb, uterus

Ancestry of “peranakan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalayperanakanWomb, uterus; A person of mixed descendant; A...
2Malayanakchild
3MalayانقJawi spelling of anak
4Proto-Malayicanakchild
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesiananakchild
6Proto-AustronesianaNakchild
Every word from Proto-Austronesian aNak →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian anak →Every word from Proto-Malayic anak →