Where does “butong-pakwan” come from?

butong-pakwan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog buto, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian butuq, from Proto-Austronesian buCuq — testicles.

butong-pakwan (Tagalog): watermelon seed

Definitions

  1. watermelon seed

Ancestry of “butong-pakwan”, step by step

butong-pakwan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog buto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbutobone; seed
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbutuqtesticles
3Proto-AustronesianbuCuqtesticles

via Tagalog pakwan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpakwanwatermelon
Every word from Proto-Austronesian buCuq →