Where does “tantanay” come from?

tantanay (Kimaragang) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anay, from Proto-Austronesian *anay — termite, white ant any insect of infraorder.

tantanay (Kimaragang): termite, white ant

Definitions

  1. termite, white ant

Ancestry of “tantanay”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*anaytermite, white ant any insect of infraorder
2Proto-Austronesian*anaytermite, white ant any insect of infraorder
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *anay →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anay →