Where does “paspas” come from?

paspas (Cebuano) comes from Proto-Philippine *paspás.

paspas (Cebuano): feather duster

Definitions

  1. feather duster

Ancestry of “paspas”, step by step

paspas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Philippine *paspás

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*paspás—

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paspas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*paspas—

Words derived from “paspas”

Every word from Proto-Philippine *paspás →