Where does “*tiyan” come from?

*tiyan (Proto-Philippine) comes from Proto-Malayic *tian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tian, from Proto-Austronesian tiaN — belly.

*tiyan (Proto-Philippine): belly

Definitions

  1. belly

Ancestry of “*tiyan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*tianwomb; uterus
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantianbelly
3Proto-AustronesiantiaNbelly

Words derived from “*tiyan”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian tiaN →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tian →Every word from Proto-Malayic *tian →