Where does “lekong” come from?

lekong (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian laki, from Malay laki, from Old Malay lāki, from Proto-Malayic *laki, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki.

lekong (Indonesian): a male person

Definitions

  1. a male person

Ancestry of “lekong”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianlakimale; husband
2Malaylakihusband; male
3Old Malaylāki—
4Proto-Malayic*laki—
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*laki—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki →Every word from Proto-Malayic *laki →Every word from Old Malay lāki →