Where does “bastagan” come from?

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

bastagan (Kapampangan): a frame or a wooden mount to stretch a fabric for sewing, embroidering or weaving of fishnets or mats

Definitions

  1. a frame or a wooden mount to stretch a fabric for sewing, embroidering or weaving of fishnets or mats

Ancestry of “bastagan”, 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 →