Where does “ikan” come from?

ikan (Iban) comes from Proto-Malayic ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hikan, from Proto-Austronesian Sikan — fish.

ikan (Iban): fish

Definitions

  1. fish

Ancestry of “ikan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicikanfish
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhikanfish
3Proto-AustronesianSikanfish
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Sikan →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hikan →Every word from Proto-Malayic ikan →