Where does “manuk” come from?

manuk (Indonesian) comes from Malay manuk, from Proto-Malayic manuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian manuk, from Proto-Austronesian manuk — bird; chicken.

manuk (Indonesian): bird; chicken

Definitions

  1. bird; chicken

Ancestry of “manuk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaymanukbird; chicken
2Proto-Malayicmanukbird
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianmanukbird
4Proto-Austronesianmanukbird; chicken
Every word from Proto-Austronesian manuk →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian manuk →Every word from Proto-Malayic manuk →