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Where does “nanah” come from?

nanah (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian naNaq, from Proto-Austroasiatic *naNaq.

Ancestry of “nanah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesiannanaq—
2Proto-AustronesiannaNaq—
3Proto-Austroasiatic*naNaq—

Words derived from “nanah”

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