Where does “ลานะ” come from?

ลานะ (Urak Lawoi') comes from Proto-Malayic *landak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *landak — porcupine.

ลานะ (Urak Lawoi'): porcupine

Definitions

  1. porcupine

Ancestry of “ลานะ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*landakporcupine
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*landakporcupine
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *landakEvery word from Proto-Malayic *landak