Where does “pangangeni” come from?

pangangeni (Kapampangan) comes from Kapampangan ngeni, from Kapampangan ini, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ini, from Proto-Austronesian *ini — this.

pangangeni (Kapampangan): today; this day

Definitions

  1. today; this day

Ancestry of “pangangeni”, step by step

pangangeni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kapampangan ngeni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampanganngeninow; at present
2Kapampanganinithis
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*inithis
4Proto-Austronesian*inithis

via Kapampangan panga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampanganpangajaw; jawbone
2Proto-Philippine*paŋah—
3Proto-Austronesian*paŋa—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ini →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ini →Every word from Kapampangan ini →