Where does “kapinunan” come from?

kapinunan (Bikol Central) comes from Bikol Central pinuon, from Bikol Central puon, from Proto-Philippine puqun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puqun, from Proto-Austronesian puqun.

Ancestry of “kapinunan”, step by step

kapinunan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bikol Central pinuon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centralpinuon
2Bikol Centralpuon
3Proto-Philippinepuqun
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpuqunbase of a tree; origin
5Proto-Austronesianpuqun

via Bikol Central ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centralka- -an
Every word from Proto-Austronesian puqun