Where does “pag-awayan” come from?

pag-awayan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog away, from Proto-Philippine *áway.

pag-awayan (Tagalog): to fight, quarrel, or have a dispute over something

Definitions

  1. to fight, quarrel, or have a dispute over something

Ancestry of “pag-awayan”, step by step

pag-awayan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog away

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogawayfight; quarrel; dispute
2Proto-Philippine*áway—

via Tagalog pag- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpag- -anObject trigger - perform the action of the verb on/ at/ to/ in something or someone
Every word from Proto-Philippine *áway →Every word from Tagalog away →