Where does “petani ikan” come from?

petani ikan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian ikan, from Malay ikan, from Proto-Malayic ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hikan, from Proto-Austronesian Sikan — fish.

petani ikan (Indonesian): fish farmer; pisciculturist

Definitions

  1. fish farmer; pisciculturist

Ancestry of “petani ikan”, step by step

petani ikan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian ikan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianikanfish
2Malayikanfish
3Proto-Malayicikanfish
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhikanfish
5Proto-AustronesianSikanfish

via Indonesian petani

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianpetanifarmer
2Malaypetani—
3Classical Malaypetanifarmer
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Sikan →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hikan →Every word from Proto-Malayic ikan →