Where does “kindam” come from?

kindam (Tok Pisin) comes from Malay ketam, from Proto-Mon-Khmer kt₁aam — crab.

kindam (Tok Pisin): crayfish

Definitions

  1. crayfish

Ancestry of “kindam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayketamcrab
2Proto-Mon-Khmerkt₁aamcrab
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer kt₁aam →Every word from Malay ketam →