Where does “katungkaan” come from?

katungkaan (Bikol Central) comes from Bikol Central tungka, from Proto-Philippine *tuŋkaq.

Ancestry of “katungkaan”, step by step

katungkaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bikol Central tungka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centraltungka—
2Proto-Philippine*tuŋkaq—

via Bikol Central ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centralka- -an—
Every word from Proto-Philippine *tuŋkaq →