Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/anak

This Proto-Malayic 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-Malayic

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Chamic *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *anak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anak, from Proto-Austronesian *aNak.

Noun

*anak

1. child

Descendants

• Banjarese: anak
• Ibanic
  • Iban: anak
• Nuclear Malayic
  • Malay: anak, kanak
    • Indonesian: anak, kanak

References

• Adelaar, K. A. (1992), Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎^[1], Canberra: The Australian National University, page 40
• Smith, A. (2017), The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Further reading

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*aNak”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2010–), “*aNak”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary