Where does “لاءوتن” come from?

لاءوتن (Malay) comes from Malay -ان, from Proto-Malayic -an, from Proto-Austronesian -an — Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...

لاءوتن (Malay): ocean

Definitions

  1. ocean

Ancestry of “لاءوتن”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malay-انSuffix for collectivity; Suffix for similarity;...
2Proto-Malayic-anVerbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...
3Proto-Austronesian-anVerbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...
Every word from Proto-Austronesian -an →Every word from Proto-Malayic -an →Every word from Malay -ان →