Where does “anak saudari” come from?

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

anak saudari (Malay): niece

Definitions

  1. niece

Ancestry of “anak saudari”, step by step

anak saudari 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 saudari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysaudarisister; you f; "Second-person singular pronoun":...
Every word from Proto-Austronesian aNakEvery word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian anakEvery word from Proto-Malayic anak