Where does “atep” come from?

atep (Kankanaey) comes from Proto-Philippine qatəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qatəp — roof.

atep (Kankanaey): roof the cover at the top of a building

Definitions

  1. roof the cover at the top of a building

Ancestry of “atep”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippineqatəproof
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqatəproof
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qatəp →Every word from Proto-Philippine qatəp →