Where does “kan” come from?

kan (Hanunoo) comes from Proto-Austronesian ka — if.

kan (Hanunoo): used to mark oblique cases of personal nouns: to; for; of; from; at the place of

Definitions

  1. used to mark oblique cases of personal nouns: to; for; of; from; at the place of

Ancestry of “kan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesiankaif
Every word from Proto-Austronesian ka