Where does “(m)aN-” come from?

(m)aN- (Old Javanese) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN-.

Ancestry of “(m)aN-”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Proto-Malayo-Polynesian	*maN-	—

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