Where does “dahon” come from?

dahon (Bikol Central) comes from Proto-Philippine dahun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dahun — leaf.

dahon (Bikol Central): leaf

Definitions

  1. leaf

Ancestry of “dahon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippinedahunleaf
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandahunleaf

Words derived from “dahon”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dahun →Every word from Proto-Philippine dahun →
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