Where does “dan” come from?

dan (Iban) comes from Proto-Malayic dahan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daqan, from Proto-Austronesian daqaN.

dan (Iban): branch part of plant

Definitions

  1. branch part of plant

Ancestry of “dan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicdahanbranch
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandaqanbranch; old; ancient
3Proto-AustronesiandaqaN—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian daqaN →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daqan →Every word from Proto-Malayic dahan →