Where does “bayani” come from?
bayani (Kapampangan) comes from Proto-Philippine *baʀani, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀani.
Ancestry of “bayani”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Philippine | *baʀani | — |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *baʀani | — |