Where does “laan” come from?

laan (Tetum) comes from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian layaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian layaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian layaʀ — sail.

laan (Tetum): sail

Definitions

  1. sail

Ancestry of “laan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianlayaʀ—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlayaʀsail
3Proto-Austronesianlayaʀsail
Every word from Proto-Austronesian layaʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian layaʀ →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian layaʀ →