Where does “sanro pamanaʼ” come from?

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

sanro pamanaʼ (Makasar): midwife

Definitions

  1. midwife

Ancestry of “sanro pamanaʼ”, step by step

sanro pamanaʼ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Makasar pamanaʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarpamanaʼto breed animals
2Makasarammanaʼto have a child of a father and mother
3Makasaranaʼchild; offspring; first-generation descendant
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiananakchild
5Proto-AustronesianaNakchild

via Makasar sanro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarsanro
Every word from Proto-Austronesian aNak