Where does “*-an” come from?

*-an (Proto-Philippine) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -an, from Proto-Austronesian -an — Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...

*-an (Proto-Philippine): verbal suffix marking locative focus

Definitions

  1. verbal suffix marking locative focus

Ancestry of “*-an”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian-anVerbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...
2Proto-Austronesian-anVerbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...

Words derived from “*-an”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian -an →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -an →