Where does “kabatangan” come from?

kabatangan (Kankanaey) comes from Kankanaey ka- -an, from Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an.

kabatangan (Kankanaey): pine tree forest

Definitions

  1. pine tree forest

Ancestry of “kabatangan”, step by step

kabatangan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kankanaey ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kankanaeyka- -an—
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—

via Kankanaey batang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kankanaeybatangpine tree
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an →Every word from Kankanaey ka- -an →