Where does “anak” come from?

anak (Hiligaynon) comes from Proto-Philippine anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian anak, from Proto-Austronesian aNak — child.

anak (Hiligaynon): child; to give birth to a child

Definitions

  1. child; to give birth to a child

Ancestry of “anak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippineanakchild
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiananakchild
3Proto-AustronesianaNakchild
Every word from Proto-Austronesian aNak →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian anak →Every word from Proto-Philippine anak →