Where does “kandungan” come from?

kandungan (Malay) comes from Kapampangan kandung, from Tagalog kandong, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kanduŋ.

kandungan (Malay): Womb, uterus

Definitions

  1. Womb, uterus

Ancestry of “kandungan”, step by step

kandungan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kapampangan kandung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampangankandungto bring or put in the lap
2Tagalogkandongact of carrying something or someone in one’s lap such as of child on a mother's lap
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*kanduŋ—

via Malay kandung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalaykandungWomb, uterus
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kanduŋ →Every word from Tagalog kandong →Every word from Kapampangan kandung →