Reconstruction:Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian/ikan

This Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.

Noun

*ikan

fish (vertebrate animal)

Descendants

Proto-Halmahera-Cenderawasih: *i(k)an
- Gane: ian
- Sawai: in
- Taba: yan
Proto-Oceanic: *ikan
- Central-Eastern Oceanic:
  - Central Oceanic:
    - Fijian: ika
    - Proto-Polynesian: *ika (see there for further descendants)
  - Proto-Micronesian: *ika, *ika-na-
    - Nuclear Micronesian:
      - Marshallese: ek
      - Kosraean: ik
      - Gilbertese: iika
      - Chuukic-Pohnpeic:
        Proto-Chuukic: *ika
        Chuukese: iik
        Puluwat: iik
        Carolinian: iigh
        Satawalese: iik
        Ulithian-Woleaian:
        Woleaian: iige
        Echangese:
        Purepecha: iika
        Pohnpeic:
        Pohnpeian: ik- (in compounds only)
        Mokilese: ike- (in compounds only)
        Pingelapese: ik- (in compounds only)
- Western Oceanic:
  - Dobu: iana
  - Kove: iha