Where does “ikan” come from?

ikan (Proto-Oceanic) comes from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hikan, from Proto-Austronesian Sikan — fish.

ikan (Proto-Oceanic): fish

Definitions

  1. fish

Ancestry of “ikan”, step by step

ikan traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian ikan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianikanfish
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhikanfish
3Proto-AustronesianSikanfish

via Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ikan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*ikan—

via Proto-Austronesian *hikan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesian*hikan—

Words derived from “ikan”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian Sikan →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hikan →Every word from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian ikan →