Where does “-an” come from?

-an (Bikol Central) comes from Proto-Philippine *-an, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -an, from Proto-Austronesian -an — Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...

-an (Bikol Central): a place where a large quantity of the thing meant...

Definitions

  1. a place where a large quantity of the thing meant...

Ancestry of “-an”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*-anverbal suffix marking locative focus
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian-anVerbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...
3Proto-Austronesian-anVerbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...

Words derived from “-an”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian -an →Every word from Proto-Philippine *-an →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -an →