Where does “anak saudara” come from?

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

anak saudara (Malay): nephew

Definitions

  1. nephew

Ancestry of “anak saudara”, step by step

anak saudara 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 saudara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysaudaracivil; sibling; you m
2Sanskritसोदरbrother from the same womb
Every word from Proto-Austronesian aNak →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian anak →Every word from Proto-Malayic anak →
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