Where does “kanam” come from?

kanam (Kapampangan) comes from Kapampangan anam, from Proto-Philippine ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian ənəm, from Proto-Austroasiatic *ənəm.

kanam (Kapampangan): sixth

Definitions

  1. sixth

Ancestry of “kanam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampangananamsix
2Proto-Philippineənəmsix
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianənəmsix
4Proto-Austronesianənəmsix
5Proto-Austroasiatic*ənəm—
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *ənəm →