Where does “nanu” come from?
nanu (Kapampangan) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian anu, from Proto-Austronesian (na-)nu — what.
nanu (Kapampangan): what
Ancestry of “nanu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | anu | what? |
| 2 | Proto-Austronesian | (na-)nu | what |