Where does “paina” come from?

paina (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog ina, from Proto-Philippine ina, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ina, from Proto-Austronesian ina — mother.

paina (Tagalog): any of the two principal sidings of the rungs of...

Definitions

  1. any of the two principal sidings of the rungs of...

Ancestry of “paina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloginamother
2Proto-Philippineina—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianinamother
4Proto-Austronesianinamother
Every word from Proto-Austronesian ina →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ina →Every word from Proto-Philippine ina →