Where does “gawang-kamay” come from?

gawang-kamay (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog kamay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamay, from Proto-Austronesian *kamay — hand.

gawang-kamay (Tagalog): handmade

Definitions

  1. handmade

Ancestry of “gawang-kamay”, step by step

gawang-kamay traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog kamay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkamayhand; something that resembles a human hand;...
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*kamayhand
3Proto-Austronesian*kamayhand

via Tagalog gawa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloggawarefers to the act of creating and doing...
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*gawaq—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *kamay →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamay →Every word from Tagalog kamay →