Where does “*papan” come from?

*papan (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *papan — plank, board.

*papan (Proto-Malayic): plank

Definitions

  1. plank

Ancestry of “*papan”, step by step

*papan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *papan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*papanplank, board

via Proto-Austronesian *papan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesian*papan—

Words derived from “*papan”

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