Where does “pagkanali” come from?

pagkanali (Bikol Central) comes from Estonian nali, from Proto-Finnic nalja, from Proto-Finno-Permic nalja.

Ancestry of “pagkanali”, step by step

pagkanali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian nali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniannalijoke
2Proto-Finnicnaljajoke
3Proto-Finno-Permicnalja—

via Tagalog pagka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpagkaif
2Tagalogpagkamakabagunsakupinneocolonialism
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic nalja →Every word from Proto-Finnic nalja →Every word from Estonian nali →
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