Where does “manuso” come from?

manuso (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog suso, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian susu, from Proto-Austronesian susu — breast.

manuso (Tagalog): band or bandage such as that wound around newborn babies

Definitions

  1. band or bandage such as that wound around newborn babies

Ancestry of “manuso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogsusobreast; to suckle; to nurse; snail
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiansusubreast
3Proto-Austronesiansusubreast
Every word from Proto-Austronesian susu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian susu →Every word from Tagalog suso →