Where does “kahigpunuan” come from?

kahigpunuan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog higpuno, from Tagalog Puno, from Proto-Philippine pənuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pənuq, from Proto-Austronesian pəNuq — full.

kahigpunuan (Tagalog): sovereignty

Definitions

  1. sovereignty

Ancestry of “kahigpunuan”, step by step

kahigpunuan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog higpuno

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloghigpunosovereign
2TagalogPunotree
3Proto-Philippinepənuq—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpənuq—
5Proto-AustronesianpəNuqfull

via Tagalog ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -anused to form abstract nouns
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian pəNuq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pənuq →Every word from Proto-Philippine pənuq →