Where does “sipnayan” come from?
sipnayan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog hanayan, from Tagalog -an, from Proto-Philippine *-an, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -an, from Proto-Austronesian -an — Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...
sipnayan (Tagalog): mathematics
Definitions
- mathematics
Ancestry of “sipnayan”, step by step
sipnayan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog hanayan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | hanayan | place where things are arranged into lines or rows |
| 2 | Tagalog | -an | object trigger: to do something to a person or a... |
| 3 | Proto-Philippine | *-an | verbal suffix marking locative focus |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | -an | Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal... |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | -an | Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal... |