Where does “tuboran” come from?

tuboran (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano -an, from Proto-Philippine *-an, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -an, from Proto-Austronesian -an — Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...

tuboran (Cebuano): spring; fountainhead; wellhead; any collection of water on or under the surface of the ground in which a stream originates

Definitions

  1. spring; fountainhead; wellhead; any collection of water on or under the surface of the ground in which a stream originates

Ancestry of “tuboran”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuano-anplace of
2Proto-Philippine*-anverbal suffix marking locative focus
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian-anVerbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...
4Proto-Austronesian-anVerbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...
Every word from Proto-Austronesian -an →Every word from Cebuano -an →Every word from Proto-Philippine *-an →