Where does “mananu” come from?

mananu (Kapampangan) comes from Kapampangan nanu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian anu, from Proto-Austronesian (na-)nu — what.

mananu (Kapampangan): how's it going?

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Ancestry of “mananu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampangannanuwhat
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiananuwhat?
3Proto-Austronesian(na-)nuwhat
Every word from Proto-Austronesian (na-)nu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian anu →Every word from Kapampangan nanu →