Where does “manbos” come from?

manbos (Kankanaey) comes from Kankanaey man-, from Austronesian *maʀ-.

manbos (Kankanaey): abundant/plenty of water (applied to wells, rivers, etc.)

Definitions

  1. abundant/plenty of water (applied to wells, rivers, etc.)

Ancestry of “manbos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kankanaeyman-actor trigger verb prefix
2Austronesian*maʀ-—
Every word from Austronesian *maʀ- →Every word from Kankanaey man- →