Where does “punong-katawan” come from?

punong-katawan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog Puno, from Proto-Philippine pənuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pənuq, from Proto-Austronesian pəNuq — full.

punong-katawan (Tagalog): private parts; genitals

Definitions

  1. private parts; genitals

Ancestry of “punong-katawan”, step by step

punong-katawan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog Puno

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TagalogPunotree
2Proto-Philippinepənuq—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpənuq—
4Proto-AustronesianpəNuqfull

via Tagalog katawan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkatawanbody
2Tagalogkataw-anEye dialect spelling of katawan
Every word from Proto-Austronesian pəNuq →