Where does “anaʼ mariang” come from?

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

anaʼ mariang (Makasar): cannonball

Definitions

  1. cannonball

Ancestry of “anaʼ mariang”, step by step

anaʼ mariang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Makasar anaʼ

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

via Makasar mariang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarmariang—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian aNak →