Where does “kadunungan” come from?

kadunungan (Bikol Central) comes from Tagalog dunong, from Proto-Philippine *dunuŋ.

Ancestry of “kadunungan”, step by step

kadunungan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog dunong

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogdunongwisdom
2Proto-Philippine*dunuŋ—

via Bikol Central ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centralka- -an—
Every word from Proto-Philippine *dunuŋ →Every word from Tagalog dunong →