Where does “balanga” come from?

balanga (Tagalog) comes from Spanish Balanga, from Kapampangan balanga.

balanga (Tagalog): wide-mouthed, earthen cooking pot or jar

Definitions

  1. wide-mouthed, earthen cooking pot or jar

Ancestry of “balanga”, step by step

balanga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish Balanga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishBalanga—
2Kapampanganbalanga—

via Proto-Austronesian *balaŋa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesian*balaŋashallow earthenware cooking pot or pan
Every word from Kapampangan balanga →Every word from Spanish Balanga →