Where does “nanay” come from?

nanay (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog nana, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian naNaq, from Proto-Austroasiatic *naNaq.

nanay (Tagalog): mother; appellation used in addressing one's...

Definitions

  1. mother; appellation used in addressing one's...

Ancestry of “nanay”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalognanapus; matter; aunt
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiannanaqpus
3Proto-AustronesiannaNaqpus
4Proto-Austroasiatic*naNaq—
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *naNaq →Every word from Proto-Austronesian naNaq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian nanaq →