Where does “kawayan” come from?

kawayan (Tagalog) comes from Cebuano Kawayan, from Austronesian *kawayan.

kawayan (Tagalog): bamboo

Definitions

  1. bamboo

Ancestry of “kawayan”, step by step

kawayan traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano Kawayan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CebuanoKawayanany grass of the Poaceae family, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem, all of which are in the tribe Bambuseae
2Austronesian*kawayan

via Tagalog kaway

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkawaywave of one's hand to call or signal someone

via Proto-Austronesian *kawayan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesian*kawayan

Words derived from “kawayan

Every word from Austronesian *kawayanEvery word from Cebuano Kawayan