Where does “lanyap” come from?

lanyap (Tausug) comes from Malay lenyap, from Proto-Malayic *ləñap.

lanyap (Tausug): to disappear, vanish suddenly; be out of one’s mind or senses, lose one’s reason

Definitions

  1. to disappear, vanish suddenly; be out of one’s mind or senses, lose one’s reason

Ancestry of “lanyap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylenyapephemeral
2Proto-Malayic*ləñap—
Every word from Proto-Malayic *ləñap →Every word from Malay lenyap →
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