Where does “hanyi” come from?

hanyi (Kendayan) comes from Proto-Malayic *hani, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanih, from Proto-Austronesian *qaniS.

hanyi (Kendayan): to harvest

Definitions

  1. to harvest

Ancestry of “hanyi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*hani—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qanihharvest
3Proto-Austronesian*qaniS—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *qaniS →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanih →Every word from Proto-Malayic *hani →