Where does “nanuman” come from?

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

nanuman (Kapampangan): anything; nothing; no matter

Definitions

  1. anything; nothing; no matter

Ancestry of “nanuman”, 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 →