Where does “halpunuan” come from?

halpunuan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog Puno, from Proto-Philippine pənuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pənuq, from Proto-Austronesian pəNuq — full.

halpunuan (Tagalog): hierarchy

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Ancestry of “halpunuan”, step by step

halpunuan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog Puno

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TagalogPunotree
2Proto-Philippinepənuq
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpənuq
4Proto-AustronesianpəNuqfull

via Tagalog halayhay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloghalayhayrow; file; line of things
Every word from Proto-Austronesian pəNuq