Where does “kakan” come from?

kakan (Bikol Central) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ka-kaən, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kaən, from Proto-Austronesian kaən — to eat.

Ancestry of “kakan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ka-kaən—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankaənto eat
3Proto-Austronesiankaənto eat

Words derived from “kakan”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian kaən →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kaən →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ka-kaən →