Where does “nanah” come from?

nanah (Minangkabau) comes from Proto-Malayic nanah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian naNaq, from Proto-Austroasiatic *naNaq.

nanah (Minangkabau): pus fluid found in regions of infection

Definitions

  1. pus fluid found in regions of infection

Ancestry of “nanah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicnanahpus
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiannanaqpus
3Proto-AustronesiannaNaqpus
4Proto-Austroasiatic*naNaq—
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *naNaq →Every word from Proto-Austronesian naNaq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian nanaq →