Where does “mapanira” come from?

mapanira (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog sira, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian siraq — to split open.

mapanira (Tagalog): destructive

Definitions

  1. destructive

Ancestry of “mapanira”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogsiradamage; tear; defect
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiansiraqto split open
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian siraq →Every word from Tagalog sira →