Where does “pangabengi” come from?

pangabengi (Kapampangan) comes from Kapampangan panga, from Proto-Philippine *paŋah, from Proto-Austronesian *paŋa.

pangabengi (Kapampangan): tonight; this evening

Definitions

  1. tonight; this evening

Ancestry of “pangabengi”, step by step

pangabengi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kapampangan panga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampanganpangajaw; jawbone
2Proto-Philippine*paŋah—
3Proto-Austronesian*paŋa—

via Kapampangan bengi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampanganbengievening; night
2Proto-Austronesianbəʀŋi—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *paŋa →Every word from Proto-Philippine *paŋah →Every word from Kapampangan panga →