Where does “anak alang” come from?

anak alang (Malay) comes from Malay anak, from Malay انق, from Proto-Malayic anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian anak, from Proto-Austronesian aNak — child.

anak alang (Malay): third child

Definitions

  1. third child

Ancestry of “anak alang”, step by step

anak alang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay anak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayanakchild
2MalayانقJawi spelling of anak
3Proto-Malayicanakchild
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiananakchild
5Proto-AustronesianaNakchild

via Malay alang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayalangmiddle
2Malayالڠmiddle
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qalaŋ—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian aNak →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian anak →Every word from Proto-Malayic anak →