Where does “kanak-kanak” come from?

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

kanak-kanak (Malay): children; plural of kanak

Definitions

  1. children; plural of kanak

Ancestry of “kanak-kanak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankanakchild
2Malaykanakchild; an unnamed child
3Proto-Malayicanakchild
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiananakchild
5Proto-AustronesianaNakchild

Words derived from “kanak-kanak”

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