Where does “hapuhap” come from?

hapuhap (Cebuano) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuhap, from Proto-Austronesian *SapuSap — to feel, to grope.

hapuhap (Cebuano): to caress, to fondle, to stroke

Definitions

  1. to caress, to fondle, to stroke

Ancestry of “hapuhap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*hapuhapto feel, to grope
2Proto-Austronesian*SapuSapto feel, to grope

Words derived from “hapuhap”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *SapuSap →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuhap →