Where does “nanka” come from?

nanka (Proto-Uto-Aztecan) comes from Kapampangan ka, from Kapampangan ika, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian i-kahu, from Proto-Austronesian i-kaSu.

nanka (Proto-Uto-Aztecan): ear

Definitions

  1. ear

Ancestry of “nanka”, step by step

nanka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kapampangan ka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampangankayou (second person singular)
2Kapampanganikayou exclusive singular
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiani-kahu—
4Proto-Austronesiani-kaSu—

via Kapampangan nanu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampangannanuwhat
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiananuwhat?
3Proto-Austronesian(na-)nuwhat

Words derived from “nanka”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian i-kaSu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian i-kahu →Every word from Kapampangan ika →