Where does “paang-bundok” come from?

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

paang-bundok (Tagalog): foot or base of a mountain

Definitions

  1. foot or base of a mountain

Ancestry of “paang-bundok”, step by step

paang-bundok traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog paa

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

via Tagalog bundok

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbundokmountain; boondock; large pile, heap, or mount
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*bunduk—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian paqa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian paqa →Every word from Tagalog paa →