Where does “matinik” come from?

matinik (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog tinik, from Proto-Austronesian Cənək — thorn.

matinik (Tagalog): thorny; full of spines; full of fish bones

Definitions

  1. thorny; full of spines; full of fish bones

Ancestry of “matinik”, step by step

matinik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog tinik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogtinikspine; thorn
2Proto-AustronesianCənəkthorn

via French Martinique

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchMartinique—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Cənək →Every word from Tagalog tinik →