Where does “kinamagulangan” come from?

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

kinamagulangan (Cebuano): eldest child; firstborn

Definitions

  1. eldest child; firstborn

Ancestry of “kinamagulangan”, step by step

kinamagulangan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano magulang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanomagulangan older sibling
2Cebuanogulangmature
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ʀudaŋ—
4Proto-Austronesian*ʀudaŋ—

via Cebuano kina- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanokina- -anForms relative superlative forms of adjectives
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ʀudaŋ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀudaŋ →Every word from Cebuano gulang →