Where does “hikan” come from?

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

hikan (Proto-Malayo-Polynesian): fish

Definitions

  1. fish

Ancestry of “hikan”, step by step

hikan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Austronesian Sikan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-AustronesianSikanfish

via Austronesian *Sikan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Austronesian*Sikan—

Words derived from “hikan”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian Sikan →