Where does “akan” come from?

akan (Rade) comes from Proto-Chamic *ʔikaːn, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hikan, from Proto-Austronesian Sikan — fish.

akan (Rade): fish

Definitions

  1. fish

Ancestry of “akan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Chamic*ʔikaːn—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhikanfish
3Proto-AustronesianSikanfish
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Sikan →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hikan →Every word from Proto-Chamic *ʔikaːn →