Where does “*manuk” come from?

*manuk (Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian) comes from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian manuk, from Proto-Austronesian manuk — bird; chicken.

Ancestry of “*manuk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*manuk—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianmanukbird
3Proto-Austronesianmanukbird; chicken

Words derived from “*manuk”

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