Where does “kan-onon” come from?

kan-onon (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano kan-on, from Cebuano kaon, from Proto-Austronesian kaən — to eat.

kan-onon (Cebuano): food, staple; prey

Definitions

  1. food, staple; prey

Ancestry of “kan-onon”, step by step

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

via Cebuano kan-on

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanokan-onboiled rice; cooked rice
2Cebuanokaonto eat; to dine; to feed; to give food to eat;...
3Proto-Austronesiankaənto eat

via Cebuano on

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoon—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian kaən →Every word from Cebuano kaon →Every word from Cebuano kan-on →