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

1. fish (vertebrate animal)

Descendants

• Proto-Halmahera-Cenderawasih: *i(k)an
  • Gane: ian
  • Sawai: in
  • East Makian: yan
• Proto-Oceanic: *ikan
  • Central-Eastern Oceanic:
    • Central Oceanic:
      • Fijian: ika
      • Proto-Polynesian: *ika (see there for further descendants)
    • Micronesian:
      • Chuukese: iik
  • Western Oceanic:
    • Dobu: iana
    • Kove: iha