Where does “niyog” come from?

niyog (Kankanaey) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian niuʀ — coconut.

niyog (Kankanaey): coconut

Definitions

  1. coconut

Ancestry of “niyog”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianniuʀcoconut
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian niuʀ
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