Where does “makan” come from?

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

makan (Indonesian): to eat

Definitions

  1. to eat

Ancestry of “makan”, step by step

makan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay makan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaymakanto eat; consume, spend; to injure or penetrate
2Proto-Malayicmakanto eat
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankaənto eat
4Proto-Austronesiankaənto eat

via Arabic مَكَان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicمَكَانplace, location

Words derived from “makan”

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