Where does “anak perempuan” come from?

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

anak perempuan (Malay): daughter

Definitions

  1. daughter

Ancestry of “anak perempuan”, step by step

anak perempuan 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 perempuan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayperempuanfemale; woman
2MalayempuAn honorific title applied to artists and...
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəmpu—

Words derived from “anak perempuan”

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