Where does “panngallaʼ” come from?

panngallaʼ (Makasar) comes from Makasar allaʼ, from Proto-South Sulawesi *əllət, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qələt, from Proto-Austronesian *qələC.

panngallaʼ (Makasar): a middle child

Definitions

  1. a middle child

Ancestry of “panngallaʼ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarallaʼa gap; a cleft; a space between
2Proto-South Sulawesi*əllət—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qələt—
4Proto-Austronesian*qələC—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *qələC →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qələt →Every word from Proto-South Sulawesi *əllət →