Where does “panuntunan” come from?

panuntunan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog tunton, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuntun.

panuntunan (Tagalog): guideline

Definitions

  1. guideline

Ancestry of “panuntunan”, step by step

panuntunan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog tunton

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogtuntonact of following or tracing the path or trail of something or someone
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*tuntun—

via Tagalog pan- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpan- -anfor roots with initials ⟨d⟩, ⟨s⟩ and ⟨t⟩, which will usually have them removed
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuntun →Every word from Tagalog tunton →