Where does “kaibuturan” come from?

kaibuturan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog ibutod, from Tagalog butod, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buntuD.

kaibuturan (Tagalog): innermost center; very center; heart

Definitions

  1. innermost center; very center; heart

Ancestry of “kaibuturan”, step by step

kaibuturan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog ibutod

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogibutodnucleolus
2Tagalogbutodnucleus
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*buntuD—

via Tagalog ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -anused to form abstract nouns
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buntuD →Every word from Tagalog butod →Every word from Tagalog ibutod →