Where does “maŋ-” come from?

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

Ancestry of “maŋ-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sunda-Sulawesimaŋ-—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianmaŋ-inflectional prefix marking actor voice
3Proto-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- →
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