Where does “pagunting” come from?

pagunting (Bikol Central) comes from Bikol Central gunting, from Malay gunting — scissors (tool used for cutting).

Ancestry of “pagunting”, step by step

pagunting traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bikol Central gunting

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centralguntingscissors; to cut with a pair of scissors; to have...
2Malayguntingscissors (tool used for cutting)

via Bikol Central pa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centralpa—

Words derived from “pagunting”

Every word from Malay gunting →Every word from Bikol Central gunting →