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

Definitions

  1. pus; to fester

Ancestry of “nanah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaynanahpus; to fester
2Proto-Malayicnanahpus
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiannanaqpus
4Proto-AustronesiannaNaqpus
5Proto-Austroasiatic*naNaq—

Words derived from “nanah”

Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *naNaq →Every word from Proto-Austronesian naNaq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian nanaq →