Where does “pisan” come from?

pisan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog -an, from Proto-Philippine *-an, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -an, from Proto-Austronesian -an — Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...

pisan (Tagalog): stuck together, strung together

Definitions

  1. stuck together, strung together

Ancestry of “pisan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalog-anobject trigger: to do something to a person or a...
2Proto-Philippine*-anverbal suffix marking locative focus
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian-anVerbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...
4Proto-Austronesian-anVerbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...

Words derived from “pisan”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian -an →Every word from Tagalog -an →Every word from Proto-Philippine *-an →