Where does “nakapaa” come from?

nakapaa (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog paa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian paqa, from Proto-Austronesian paqa — thigh.

nakapaa (Tagalog): barefoot

Definitions

  1. barefoot

Ancestry of “nakapaa”, step by step

nakapaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog paa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpaafoot
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpaqathigh
3Proto-Austronesianpaqathigh

via Old Khmer nâka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Khmernâka—
2Sanskritनाकhappy, painless
Every word from Proto-Austronesian paqa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian paqa →Every word from Tagalog paa →