Where does “anak panjang” come from?

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

anak panjang (Malay): fifth child; fourth child

Definitions

  1. fifth child; fourth child

Ancestry of “anak panjang”, step by step

anak panjang 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 panjang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaypanjanglong
Every word from Proto-Austronesian aNak →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian anak →Every word from Proto-Malayic anak →