Where does “kamayan” come from?

kamayan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog kamay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamay, from Proto-Austronesian *kamay — hand.

kamayan (Tagalog): kamayan

Definitions

  1. kamayan

Ancestry of “kamayan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkamayhand; something that resembles a human hand;...
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*kamayhand
3Proto-Austronesian*kamayhand

Words derived from “kamayan”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *kamay →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamay →Every word from Tagalog kamay →