Where does “hugas-kamay” come from?

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

hugas-kamay (Tagalog): whitewashing; refusing to hold responsibility for or involvement with errors or bad actions

Definitions

  1. whitewashing; refusing to hold responsibility for or involvement with errors or bad actions

Ancestry of “hugas-kamay”, step by step

hugas-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 hugas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloghugaswashing with water of objects, body parts, wounds, etc
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*huʀasto wash

Words derived from “hugas-kamay”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *kamay →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamay →Every word from Tagalog kamay →