Where does “utang” come from?

utang (Bikol Central) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qutaŋ.

utang (Bikol Central): debt; loan; to owe; to loan

Definitions

  1. debt; loan; to owe; to loan

Ancestry of “utang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qutaŋ
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qutaŋ
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