Where does “butudkaphay” come from?

butudkaphay (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog kaphay, from Tagalog sangkap, from Proto-Philippine *saŋkap.

butudkaphay (Tagalog): karyoplasm, nucleoplasm

Definitions

  1. karyoplasm, nucleoplasm

Ancestry of “butudkaphay”, step by step

butudkaphay traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog kaphay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkaphayplasma
2Tagalogsangkapingredient
3Proto-Philippine*saŋkap—

via Tagalog butod

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbutodnucleus
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*buntuD—
Every word from Proto-Philippine *saŋkap →Every word from Tagalog sangkap →Every word from Tagalog kaphay →