Where does “pil-anan” come from?

pil-anan (Cebuano) comes from Middle English anan, from Old English on, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- — on, onto.

pil-anan (Cebuano): multiplier; the number being multiplied by the multiplicand

Definitions

  1. multiplier; the number being multiplied by the multiplicand

Ancestry of “pil-anan”, step by step

pil-anan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English anan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishanan—
2Old Englishonon, in, at, among; from
3Proto-West Germanicanaon
4Proto-Germanic*an—
5Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via Cebuano pilo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanopiloto multiply
2CebuanoTeofiloa female given name
3SpanishTeófiloTheophilus
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ana →Every word from Proto-Germanic *an →