Where does “pampilan” come from?

pampilan (Kapampangan) comes from Kapampangan pilan, from Proto-Philippine *pijah, from Proto-Austronesian *pijax — how many.

pampilan (Kapampangan): whatth; how manyth; which ordinal number; what number

Definitions

  1. whatth; how manyth; which ordinal number; what number

Ancestry of “pampilan”, step by step

pampilan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kapampangan pilan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampanganpilanhow many
2Proto-Philippine*pijah—
3Proto-Austronesian*pijaxhow many

via Kapampangan pam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampanganpam—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *pijax →Every word from Proto-Philippine *pijah →Every word from Kapampangan pilan →