Where does “kanak” come from?

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

kanak (Malay): child; an unnamed child

Definitions

  1. child; an unnamed child

Ancestry of “kanak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicanakchild
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiananakchild
3Proto-AustronesianaNakchild

Words derived from “kanak”

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