Where does “kakagising” come from?

kakagising (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog kaka-, from Tagalog Ka-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka-, from Proto-Austronesian ka- — inchoative.

Ancestry of “kakagising”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkaka-prefix denoting repeated action
2TagalogKa-implies companionship or partnership
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianka-marker of past time in temporal expressions
4Proto-Austronesianka-inchoative
Every word from Proto-Austronesian ka- →Every word from Tagalog Ka- →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka- →