Where does “lelaki” come from?

lelaki (Malay) comes from Malay laki, from Old Malay lāki, from Proto-Malayic *laki, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki.

lelaki (Malay): male

Definitions

  1. male

Ancestry of “lelaki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylakihusband; male
2Old Malaylāki—
3Proto-Malayic*laki—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*laki—

Words derived from “lelaki”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki →Every word from Proto-Malayic *laki →Every word from Old Malay lāki →