Where does “kabulukan” come from?

kabulukan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog bulok, from Malay buruk, from Proto-Malayic buruk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buʀuk, from Proto-Austronesian buʀuk — rotten; bad.

kabulukan (Tagalog): putrefaction

Definitions

  1. putrefaction

Ancestry of “kabulukan”, step by step

kabulukan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog bulok

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbulokrotten; decomposed; decayed
2Malayburukold, rotten; decayed; bad
3Proto-Malayicburukrotten; worn out; gone bad
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuʀukrotten; bad
5Proto-Austronesianbuʀukrotten; bad

via Tagalog ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -anused to form abstract nouns
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian buʀuk →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buʀuk →Every word from Proto-Malayic buruk →
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