Where does “initbutod” come from?

initbutod (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog init, from Proto-Austronesian qaŋet.

initbutod (Tagalog): thermometer

Definitions

  1. thermometer

Ancestry of “initbutod”, step by step

initbutod traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog init

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloginitheat; warmth; temperature; swelter, sweltering...
2Proto-Austronesianqaŋet—

via Tagalog butod

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbutodnucleus
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*buntuD—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian qaŋet →Every word from Tagalog init →