Where does “kiling” come from?

kiling (Kapampangan) comes from Proto-Philippine *kiliŋ.

kiling (Kapampangan): common bamboo (Bambusa vulgaris)

Definitions

  1. common bamboo (Bambusa vulgaris)

Ancestry of “kiling”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*kiliŋ
Every word from Proto-Philippine *kiliŋ