Where does “bernanah” come from?

bernanah (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian nanah, from Malay nanah, from Proto-Malayic nanah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian naNaq, from Proto-Austroasiatic *naNaq.

bernanah (Indonesian): having pus: pussy

Definitions

  1. having pus: pussy

Ancestry of “bernanah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiannanahpus; to fester
2Malaynanahpus; to fester
3Proto-Malayicnanahpus
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiannanaqpus
5Proto-AustronesiannaNaqpus
6Proto-Austroasiatic*naNaq—
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *naNaq →Every word from Proto-Austronesian naNaq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian nanaq →