Where does “kayakyakan” come from?

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

kayakyakan (Tagalog): envy; jealousy

Definitions

  1. envy; jealousy

Ancestry of “kayakyakan”, step by step

kayakyakan 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 yakyak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogyakyakgiven to foolish and meaningless talk; fond of...
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