Where does “lahng” come from?

lahng (Pohnpeian) comes from Proto-Polynesian laŋi, from Proto-Oceanic laŋit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian laŋit, from Proto-Austronesian laŋiC — sky.

lahng (Pohnpeian): sky; heaven

Definitions

  1. sky; heaven

Ancestry of “lahng”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesianlaŋisky
2Proto-Oceaniclaŋitsky
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlaŋitsky
4Proto-AustronesianlaŋiCsky
Every word from Proto-Austronesian laŋiC →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian laŋit →Every word from Proto-Oceanic laŋit →