Where does “*qalopan” come from?
*qalopan (Proto-Oceanic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləpan, from Proto-Austronesian *qaləpan.
Ancestry of “*qalopan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *qaləpan | — |
| 2 | Proto-Austronesian | *qaləpan | — |