Where does “alak” come from?

alak (Lubuagan Kalinga) comes from Proto-Philippine anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian anak, from Proto-Austronesian aNak — child.

alak (Lubuagan Kalinga): child

Definitions

  1. child

Ancestry of “alak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippineanakchild
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiananakchild
3Proto-AustronesianaNakchild
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