Where does “makan” come from?

makan (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kaən, from Proto-Austronesian kaən — to eat.

makan (Proto-Malayic): to eat

Definitions

  1. to eat

Ancestry of “makan”, step by step

makan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kaən

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankaənto eat
2Proto-Austronesiankaənto eat

via Proto-Malayo-Chamic *kaən

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Chamic*kaən—

Words derived from “makan”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian kaən →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kaən →