Where does “manok” come from?

manok (Kankanaey) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian manuk, from Proto-Austronesian manuk — bird; chicken.

manok (Kankanaey): chicken

Definitions

  1. chicken

Ancestry of “manok”, step by step

manok traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian manuk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianmanukbird
2Proto-Austronesianmanukbird; chicken

via Kankanaey mano

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kankanaeymano—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian manuk →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian manuk →