Where does “sa tiyan” come from?

sa tiyan (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano tiyan, from Proto-Philippine *tiyan, from Proto-Malayic *tian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tian, from Proto-Austronesian tiaN — belly.

sa tiyan (Cebuano): abdominal

Definitions

  1. abdominal

Ancestry of “sa tiyan”, step by step

sa tiyan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano tiyan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanotiyanan organ in animals that stores food in the...
2Proto-Philippine*tiyanbelly
3Proto-Malayic*tianwomb; uterus
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantianbelly
5Proto-AustronesiantiaNbelly

via Cebuano sa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanosaof
2Proto-Germanic*sa—
3Proto-Austronesian*əsa—
4Proto-Oceanic*isa—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian tiaN →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tian →Every word from Proto-Malayic *tian →
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