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Where does “ꦱꦶꦪꦁ” come from?

ꦱꦶꦪꦁ (Javanese) comes from English Siyan, from Old Javanese Hyaṅ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qiaŋ.

Ancestry of “ꦱꦶꦪꦁ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSiyanA Kurdish tribe who live in southern Arbil, as...
2Old JavaneseHyaṅ—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqiaŋ—
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