Where does “kawayan” come from?
kawayan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog -an, from Proto-Philippine *-an, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -an, from Proto-Austronesian -an — Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...
kawayan (Tagalog): bamboo
Ancestry of “kawayan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | -an | object trigger: to do something to a person or a... |
| 2 | Proto-Philippine | *-an | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | -an | Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal... |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | -an | Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal... |
Words derived from “kawayan”