Where does “ginataang mais” come from?
ginataang mais (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog ginataan, from Tagalog -an, from Proto-Philippine *-an, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -an, from Proto-Austronesian -an — Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...
ginataang mais (Tagalog): ginataang mais
Definitions
- ginataang mais
Ancestry of “ginataang mais”, step by step
ginataang mais traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog ginataan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | ginataan | any food cooked with coconut milk |
| 2 | Tagalog | -an | object trigger: to do something to a person or a... |
| 3 | Proto-Philippine | *-an | verbal suffix marking locative focus |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | -an | Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal... |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | -an | Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal... |