Where does “ikan duyung” come from?
ikan duyung (Indonesian) comes from Malay ikan duyung, from Malay ikan, from Proto-Malayic ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hikan, from Proto-Austronesian Sikan — fish.
ikan duyung (Indonesian): dugong
Ancestry of “ikan duyung”, step by step