Where does “lipen” come from?

lipen (Kiput) comes from Proto-North Sarawak lipen, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian nipən, from Proto-Austronesian nipən — tooth.

lipen (Kiput): tooth

Definitions

  1. tooth

Ancestry of “lipen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-North Sarawaklipen—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiannipəntooth
3Proto-Austronesiannipəntooth
Every word from Proto-Austronesian nipən →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian nipən →Every word from Proto-North Sarawak lipen →