Where does “*tiyan” come from?
*tiyan (Proto-Philippine) comes from Proto-Malayic *tian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tian, from Proto-Austronesian tiaN — belly.
Ancestry of “*tiyan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Malayic | *tian | — |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | tian | belly |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | tiaN | belly |