Where does “*qudaŋ” come from?
*qudaŋ (Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian) comes from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qudaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qudaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian qudaŋ — shrimp; crayfish; lobster.
Ancestry of “*qudaŋ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | *qudaŋ | — |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | qudaŋ | shrimp; crayfish; lobster |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | qudaŋ | shrimp; crayfish; lobster |