Where does “kanipisan” come from?

kanipisan (Bikol Central) comes from Bikol Central nipis, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian nipis, from Proto-Austronesian Nipis.

Ancestry of “kanipisan”, step by step

kanipisan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bikol Central nipis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centralnipis—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiannipisthinness
3Proto-AustronesianNipis—

via Bikol Central ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centralka- -an—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Nipis →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian nipis →Every word from Bikol Central nipis →