Where does “sānak” come from?

sānak (Old Javanese) comes from Old Javanese anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian anak, from Proto-Austronesian aNak — child.

sānak (Old Javanese): brother, sister, relative; with his brother(s)

Definitions

  1. brother, sister, relative; with his brother(s)

Ancestry of “sānak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Javaneseanakchild
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiananakchild
3Proto-AustronesianaNakchild

Words derived from “sānak

Every word from Proto-Austronesian aNak