Where does “kanipaan” come from?

kanipaan (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano nipa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipaq — a palm species, swamp palm, nipa palm.

kanipaan (Cebuano): A swamp or forest of nipa palm trees

Definitions

  1. A swamp or forest of nipa palm trees

Ancestry of “kanipaan”, step by step

kanipaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano nipa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanonipaa palm tree of the species "Nypa fruticans]]";...
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*nipaqa palm species, swamp palm, nipa palm

via Cebuano ka- -an

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