Where does “ipis” come from?

ipis (Tagalog) comes from Proto-Philippine ipəs, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qipəs, from Proto-Austronesian Sipəs — cockroach.

ipis (Tagalog): cockroach

Definitions

  1. cockroach

Ancestry of “ipis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippineipəs—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqipəs—
3Proto-AustronesianSipəscockroach

Words derived from “ipis”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian Sipəs →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qipəs →Every word from Proto-Philippine ipəs →