Where does “kaupat” come from?

kaupat (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano upat, from Proto-Philippine əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat, from Proto-Austronesian Səpat — four.

kaupat (Cebuano): shortened form of makaupat

Definitions

  1. shortened form of makaupat

Ancestry of “kaupat”, step by step

kaupat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano upat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoupatfour
2Proto-Philippineəpatfour
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəpatfour
4Proto-AustronesianSəpatfour

via Cebuano ka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoka—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Səpat →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat →Every word from Proto-Philippine əpat →