Where does “dahon” come from?

dahon (Butuanon) comes from Proto-Philippine dahun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dahun — leaf.

dahon (Butuanon): leaf part of a plant

Definitions

  1. leaf part of a plant

Ancestry of “dahon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippinedahunleaf
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandahunleaf
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dahun →Every word from Proto-Philippine dahun →