Where does “akang” come from?

akang (Malay) comes from Malay kakak, from Proto-Malayic kakaʔ, from Proto-Oceanic *kaka.

akang (Malay): older sister; older brother; older sibling

Definitions

  1. older sister; older brother; older sibling

Ancestry of “akang”, step by step

akang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay kakak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykakaksister; sibling; brother
2Proto-Malayickakaʔ—
3Proto-Oceanic*kaka—

via Sundanese akang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sundaneseakangolder brother
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *kaka →Every word from Proto-Malayic kakaʔ →Every word from Malay kakak →