Where does “panahan” come from?

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

panahan (Indonesian): archery

Definitions

  1. archery

Ancestry of “panahan”, step by step

panahan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian panah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianpanahto shoot; arrow
2Malaypanaharrow; to shoot
3Proto-Malayicpanahto shoot
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpanaqto shoot
5Proto-Austronesianpanaqto shoot

via Indonesian an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianan—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian panaq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian panaq →Every word from Proto-Malayic panah →