Where does “ikan” come from?

ikan (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hikan, from Proto-Austronesian Sikan — fish.

ikan (Proto-Malayic): fish

Definitions

  1. fish

Ancestry of “ikan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhikanfish
2Proto-AustronesianSikanfish

Words derived from “ikan”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian Sikan →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hikan →