Where does “mangunahan” come from?

mangunahan (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano una, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *unah, from Proto-Austronesian *(q)uNah.

mangunahan (Cebuano): prayer leader

Definitions

  1. prayer leader

Ancestry of “mangunahan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanounafirst; 1st; ahead, early; the first place
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*unah—
3Proto-Austronesian*(q)uNah—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *(q)uNah →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *unah →Every word from Cebuano una →