Where does “pang-” come from?

pang- (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog kamatis, from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomātl, from Proto-Nahuan *toma- — tomatillo.

pang- (Tagalog): Used to form nouns indicating instruments or...

Definitions

  1. Used to form nouns indicating instruments or...

Ancestry of “pang-”, step by step

pang- traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog kamatis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkamatistomato
2Spanishtomatetomato; tomatillo; hole
3Classical Nahuatltomātltomato
4Proto-Nahuan*toma-tomatillo

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian paŋ-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpaŋ-—
2Proto-Austronesianpaŋ-—

Words derived from “pang-”

Every word from Proto-Nahuan *toma- →Every word from Classical Nahuatl tomātl →Every word from Spanish tomate →