Where does “kuku” come from?

kuku (Aklanon) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kukuh, from Proto-Austronesian kuSkuS — nail.

kuku (Aklanon): nail (on fingers and toes)

Definitions

  1. nail (on fingers and toes)

Ancestry of “kuku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankukuhnail
2Proto-AustronesiankuSkuSnail
Every word from Proto-Austronesian kuSkuS →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kukuh →
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