Where does “masakit” come from?

masakit (Proto-Oceanic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ma-sakit, from Proto-Austronesian *sakit.

masakit (Proto-Oceanic): sick, painful

Definitions

  1. sick, painful

Ancestry of “masakit”, step by step

masakit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ma-sakit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianma-sakit—
2Proto-Austronesian*sakit—

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian sakit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesiansakitsick, painful

Words derived from “masakit”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *sakit →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ma-sakit →