Where does “*malaŋ” come from?

*malaŋ (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian malaŋ — misfortune, bad luck.

Ancestry of “*malaŋ”, step by step

*malaŋ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian malaŋ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianmalaŋmisfortune, bad luck

via Austronesian *malaŋ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Austronesian*malaŋ—

Words derived from “*malaŋ”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian malaŋ →