Where does “initsukod” come from?

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

initsukod (Tagalog): thermometer

Definitions

  1. thermometer

Ancestry of “initsukod”, step by step

initsukod traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog init

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

via Tagalog sukod

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogsukodmeter
2Cebuanosukod—
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