Where does “kagulangan” come from?

kagulangan (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano gulang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀudaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀudaŋ.

kagulangan (Cebuano): old-growth forest

Definitions

  1. old-growth forest

Ancestry of “kagulangan”, step by step

kagulangan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano gulang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanogulangmature
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ʀudaŋ—
3Proto-Austronesian*ʀudaŋ—

via Cebuano ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoka- -anindicates a place where such objects are found
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ʀudaŋ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀudaŋ →Every word from Cebuano gulang →