Where does “*mAN-” come from?

*mAN- (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *maN-, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *maN-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- — inflectional prefix marking actor voice.

Ancestry of “*mAN-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Chamic*maN-—
2Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan*maN-—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*maN-inflectional prefix marking actor voice

Words derived from “*mAN-”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maN- →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *maN- →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *maN- →