Where does “anay” come from?

anay (Tausug) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anay, from Proto-Austronesian *anay — termite, white ant any insect of infraorder.

anay (Tausug): termite

Definitions

  1. termite

Ancestry of “anay”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*anaytermite, white ant any insect of infraorder
2Proto-Austronesian*anaytermite, white ant any insect of infraorder
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *anay →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anay →