Where does “nangka” come from?

nangka (Malay) comes from Old Khmer nâka, from Sanskrit नाक — happy, painless.

nangka (Malay): jackfruit, the fruit of the tropical tree Artocarpus heterophyllus

Definitions

  1. jackfruit, the fruit of the tropical tree Artocarpus heterophyllus

Ancestry of “nangka”, step by step

nangka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Khmer nâka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Khmernâka—
2Sanskritनाकhappy, painless

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *naŋka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*naŋka—

Words derived from “nangka”

Every word from Sanskrit नाक →Every word from Old Khmer nâka →