Where does “kematayan” come from?

kematayan (Kapampangan) comes from Kapampangan mate, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (m-)atay, from Proto-Austronesian aCay.

kematayan (Kapampangan): death

Definitions

  1. death

Ancestry of “kematayan”, step by step

kematayan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kapampangan mate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampanganmatedead
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(m-)atayto die
3Proto-AustronesianaCay—

via Kapampangan ke- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampanganke- -an—
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