Where does “makan” come from?

makan (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic makan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kaən, from Proto-Austronesian kaən — to eat.

makan (Malay): to eat; consume, spend; to injure or penetrate

Definitions

  1. to eat; consume, spend; to injure or penetrate

Ancestry of “makan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicmakanto eat
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankaənto eat
3Proto-Austronesiankaənto eat

Words derived from “makan”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian kaən →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kaən →Every word from Proto-Malayic makan →