Where does “nanang” come from?

nanang (Ilocano) comes from Ilocano nana, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian naNaq, from Proto-Austroasiatic *naNaq.

nanang (Ilocano): mother

Definitions

  1. mother

Ancestry of “nanang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ilocanonanapus
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiannanaqpus
3Proto-AustronesiannaNaqpus
4Proto-Austroasiatic*naNaq—
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *naNaq →Every word from Proto-Austronesian naNaq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian nanaq →