Where does “anak hitam” come from?

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

anak hitam (Malay): seventh child; eighth child

Definitions

  1. seventh child; eighth child

Ancestry of “anak hitam”, step by step

anak hitam 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 hitam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayhitamblack
2Proto-Malayichitəmblack
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqitəmblack
Every word from Proto-Austronesian aNak →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian anak →Every word from Proto-Malayic anak →
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