Where does “dak” come from?

dak (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic daʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian diaq — not.

dak (Malay): not; roof, the top external level of a building

Definitions

  1. not; roof, the top external level of a building

Ancestry of “dak”, step by step

dak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayic daʔ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicdaʔ—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandiaqnot

via Malay budak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybudakyoung person; child
2Proto-Mon-Khmer*ɗik—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian diaq →Every word from Proto-Malayic daʔ →