Where does “karayum” come from?

karayum (Kapampangan) comes from Proto-Philippine *daʀum, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zaʀum, from Proto-Austronesian zaʀum — needle.

karayum (Kapampangan): needle

Definitions

  1. needle

Ancestry of “karayum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*daʀumneedle
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianzaʀumneedle
3Proto-Austronesianzaʀumneedle

Words derived from “karayum

Every word from Proto-Austronesian zaʀumEvery word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zaʀumEvery word from Proto-Philippine *daʀum