Where does “tizan” come from?

tizan (Coastal Kadazan) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tian, from Proto-Austronesian tiaN — belly.

tizan (Coastal Kadazan): abdomen, body

Definitions

  1. abdomen, body

Ancestry of “tizan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantianbelly
2Proto-AustronesiantiaNbelly
Every word from Proto-Austronesian tiaN →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tian →