Where does “anak panah” come from?
anak panah (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian anak i panaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian anak, from Proto-Austronesian aNak — child.
anak panah (Proto-Malayic): arrow
Ancestry of “anak panah”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | anak i panaq | arrow |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | anak | child |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | aNak | child |