Where does “mAŋ-” come from?

mAŋ- (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Chamic maŋ-, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan maŋ-, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi maŋ-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian maŋ-, from Proto-Austronesian maŋ-.

Ancestry of “mAŋ-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Chamicmaŋ-—
2Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanmaŋ-—
3Proto-Sunda-Sulawesimaŋ-—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianmaŋ-inflectional prefix marking actor voice
5Proto-Austronesianmaŋ-—

Words derived from “mAŋ-”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian maŋ- →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian maŋ- →Every word from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi maŋ- →