Where does “kaakuhan” come from?

kaakuhan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog ako, from Proto-Philippine *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian aku, from Proto-Austronesian aku.

kaakuhan (Tagalog): ego; self-identity

Definitions

  1. ego; self-identity

Ancestry of “kaakuhan”, step by step

kaakuhan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog ako

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TagalogakoI
2Proto-Philippine*aku—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianaku—
4Proto-Austronesianaku—

via Tagalog ka- -han

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -han—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian aku →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian aku →Every word from Proto-Philippine *aku →