Where does “kamayan” come from?

kamayan (English) comes from Tagalog kamayan, from Tagalog kamay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamay, from Proto-Austronesian *kamay — hand.

kamayan (English): The traditional Filipino method of eating with the bare hands, often as a communal feast where food is served on banana leaves and eaten without utensils

Definitions

  1. The traditional Filipino method of eating with the bare hands, often as a communal feast where food is served on banana leaves and eaten without utensils

Ancestry of “kamayan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkamayankamayan
2Tagalogkamayhand; something that resembles a human hand;...
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*kamayhand
4Proto-Austronesian*kamayhand
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *kamay →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamay →Every word from Tagalog kamay →