Where does “panah” come from?

panah (Indonesian) comes from Malay panah, from Proto-Malayic panah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian panaq, from Proto-Austronesian panaq — to shoot.

panah (Indonesian): to shoot; arrow

Definitions

  1. to shoot; arrow

Ancestry of “panah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaypanaharrow; to shoot
2Proto-Malayicpanahto shoot
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpanaqto shoot
4Proto-Austronesianpanaqto shoot

Words derived from “panah”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian panaq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian panaq →Every word from Proto-Malayic panah →
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