Where does “karayom” come from?

karayom (Sambali) comes from Kapampangan karayum, from Proto-Philippine *daʀum, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zaʀum, from Proto-Austronesian zaʀum — needle.

karayom (Sambali): needle

Definitions

  1. needle

Ancestry of “karayom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampangankarayumneedle
2Proto-Philippine*daʀumneedle
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianzaʀumneedle
4Proto-Austronesianzaʀumneedle
Every word from Proto-Austronesian zaʀum →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zaʀum →Every word from Proto-Philippine *daʀum →