Where does “debak” come from?
debak (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dəbak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -bak, from Proto-Austronesian -bak.
debak (Malay): thud
Ancestry of “debak”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | dəbak | — |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | -bak | — |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | -bak | — |