Where does “pabatok” come from?

pabatok (Bikol Central) comes from Bikol Central batok, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian batuk — cough.

Ancestry of “pabatok”, step by step

pabatok traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bikol Central batok

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centralbatok—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbatukcough

via Bikol Central pa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centralpa—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian batuk →Every word from Bikol Central batok →