Where does “masakit” come from?

masakit (Kapampangan) comes from Kapampangan sakit, from Proto-Austronesian *sakit.

masakit (Kapampangan): difficult, hard, challenging

Definitions

  1. difficult, hard, challenging

Ancestry of “masakit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampangansakitdisease; sickness; illness; ailment; tough; difficult
2Proto-Austronesian*sakit—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *sakit →Every word from Kapampangan sakit →