Where does “kan-oman” come from?

kan-oman (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano unom, from Proto-Philippine ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian ənəm, from Proto-Austroasiatic *ənəm.

kan-oman (Cebuano): sixty

Definitions

  1. sixty

Ancestry of “kan-oman”, step by step

kan-oman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano unom

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanounomsix
2Proto-Philippineənəmsix
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianənəmsix
4Proto-Austronesianənəmsix
5Proto-Austroasiatic*ənəm—

via Cebuano ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoka- -anindicates a place where such objects are found
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—

Words derived from “kan-oman”

Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *ənəm →