Where does “*daqan” come from?

*daqan (Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian) comes from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *daqan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daqan, from Proto-Austronesian daqaN.

Ancestry of “*daqan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*daqan—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandaqanbranch; old; ancient
3Proto-AustronesiandaqaN—

Words derived from “*daqan”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian daqaN →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daqan →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *daqan →