Where does “nanumo” come from?

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

nanumo (Kapampangan): anything; nothing; so what

Definitions

  1. anything; nothing; so what

Ancestry of “nanumo”, step by step

nanumo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kapampangan nanu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampangannanuwhat
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiananuwhat?
3Proto-Austronesian(na-)nuwhat

via Kapampangan mo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampanganmoalthough; even if; even though
2Kapampanganyahe; she
3Proto-Austronesian(si-)iahe, him, his, she, her, it
Every word from Proto-Austronesian (na-)nu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian anu →Every word from Kapampangan nanu →
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