Where does “kayagungan” come from?

kayagungan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog ka- -an, from Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an.

kayagungan (Tagalog): extreme thinness

Definitions

  1. extreme thinness

Ancestry of “kayagungan”, step by step

kayagungan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -anused to form abstract nouns
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—

via Tagalog yagong

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogyagongextreme thinness
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an →Every word from Tagalog ka- -an →