Where does “anaʼ ao” come from?

anaʼ ao (Makasar) comes from Makasar anaʼ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian anak, from Proto-Austronesian aNak — child.

anaʼ ao (Makasar): stepchild

Definitions

  1. stepchild

Ancestry of “anaʼ ao”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasaranaʼchild; offspring; first-generation descendant
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiananakchild
3Proto-AustronesianaNakchild
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