Where does “malaŋ” come from?

malaŋ (Proto-Oceanic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian malaŋ — misfortune, bad luck.

Ancestry of “malaŋ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianmalaŋmisfortune, bad luck
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian malaŋ
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