Where does “kakaskasan” come from?

kakaskasan (Bikol Central) comes from Bikol Central kaskas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaskás.

Ancestry of “kakaskasan”, step by step

kakaskasan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bikol Central kaskas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centralkaskas—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*kaskás—

via Bikol Central ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centralka- -an—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaskás →Every word from Bikol Central kaskas →