Where does “kumatawan” come from?

kumatawan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog -um-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -um-, from Proto-Austronesian -um- — inflectional infix marking actor voice.

kumatawan (Tagalog): to represent for something or someone

Definitions

  1. to represent for something or someone

Ancestry of “kumatawan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalog-um-Infix form of um-
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian-um-inflectional affix marking actor voice
3Proto-Austronesian-um-inflectional infix marking actor voice
Every word from Proto-Austronesian -um- →Every word from Tagalog -um- →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -um- →