Where does “laki” come from?

laki (Iban) comes from Proto-Malayic *laki, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki.

laki (Iban): male, man

Definitions

  1. male, man

Ancestry of “laki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*laki—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*laki—

Words derived from “laki”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki →Every word from Proto-Malayic *laki →
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