Where does “pamanaʼ” come from?

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

pamanaʼ (Makasar): to breed animals

Definitions

  1. to breed animals

Ancestry of “pamanaʼ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarammanaʼto have a child of a father and mother
2Makasaranaʼchild; offspring; first-generation descendant
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiananakchild
4Proto-AustronesianaNakchild

Words derived from “pamanaʼ

Every word from Proto-Austronesian aNak