Where does “pana” come from?

pana (Pangasinan) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian panaq, from Proto-Austronesian panaq — to shoot.

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Ancestry of “pana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpanaqto shoot
2Proto-Austronesianpanaqto shoot
Every word from Proto-Austronesian panaq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian panaq →
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