Where does “nang-” come from?
nang- (Cebuano) comes from Kapampangan na, from Kapampangan nanu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian anu, from Proto-Austronesian (na-)nu — what.
Ancestry of “nang-”, step by step
nang- traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Kapampangan na
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kapampangan | na | 3rd person singular possessive/ergative pronoun: he; his; she; her; it; its |
| 2 | Kapampangan | nanu | what |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | anu | what? |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | (na-)nu | what |
via Kapampangan ing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kapampangan | ing | direct marker for all nouns other than personal proper nouns |