Where does “makai” come from?

makai (Iban) comes from Proto-Malayic makan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kaən, from Proto-Austronesian kaən — to eat.

makai (Iban): to eat

Definitions

  1. to eat

Ancestry of “makai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicmakanto eat
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankaənto eat
3Proto-Austronesiankaənto eat

Words derived from “makai”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian kaən →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kaən →Every word from Proto-Malayic makan →