Where does “dahan” come from?

dahan (Indonesian) comes from Malay dahan, from Proto-Malayic dahan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daqan, from Proto-Austronesian daqaN.

dahan (Indonesian): branch

Definitions

  1. branch

Ancestry of “dahan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaydahanbranch
2Proto-Malayicdahanbranch
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandaqanbranch; old; ancient
4Proto-AustronesiandaqaN—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian daqaN →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daqan →Every word from Proto-Malayic dahan →