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Where does “lanitra” come from?

lanitra (Malagasy) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian laŋit, from Proto-Austronesian laŋiC — sky.

lanitra (Malagasy): sky, heaven

Definitions

  1. sky, heaven

Ancestry of “lanitra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlaŋitsky
2Proto-AustronesianlaŋiCsky
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