Where does “Kulitan” come from?

Kulitan (Kapampangan) comes from Kapampangan -an, from Proto-Philippine *-an, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -an, from Proto-Austronesian -an — Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...

Kulitan (Kapampangan): the ancient traditional writing system used to write Kapampangan language before the colonization by the Spaniards

Definitions

  1. the ancient traditional writing system used to write Kapampangan language before the colonization by the Spaniards

Ancestry of “Kulitan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampangan-anobject trigger: to do something to a person or a thing
2Proto-Philippine*-anverbal suffix marking locative focus
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian-anVerbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...
4Proto-Austronesian-anVerbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...
Every word from Proto-Austronesian -an →Every word from Kapampangan -an →Every word from Proto-Philippine *-an →