Where does “mAŋ-apa” come from?

mAŋ-apa (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian maŋ-apa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian maŋ-, from Proto-Austronesian maŋ-.

Ancestry of “mAŋ-apa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianmaŋ-apawhy
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianmaŋ-inflectional prefix marking actor voice
3Proto-Austronesianmaŋ-—

Words derived from “mAŋ-apa”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian maŋ- →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian maŋ- →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian maŋ-apa →