Where does “laṅit” come from?

laṅit (Old Javanese) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian laŋit, from Proto-Austronesian laŋiC — sky.

laṅit (Old Javanese): sky

Definitions

  1. sky

Ancestry of “laṅit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlaŋitsky
2Proto-AustronesianlaŋiCsky
Every word from Proto-Austronesian laŋiC →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian laŋit →