Where does “nanah” come from?
nanah (Indonesian) comes from Malay nanah, from Proto-Malayic nanah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian naNaq, from Proto-Austroasiatic *naNaq.
nanah (Indonesian): pus; to fester
Ancestry of “nanah”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | nanah | pus; to fester |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | nanah | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | nanaq | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | naNaq | — |
| 5 | Proto-Austroasiatic | *naNaq | — |