Where does “hikan” come from?

hikan (Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hikan, from Proto-Austronesian Sikan — fish.

Ancestry of “hikan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhikanfish
2Proto-AustronesianSikanfish
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Sikan →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hikan →
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