Where does “tag-ani” come from?

tag-ani (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog ani, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanih, from Proto-Austronesian *qaniS.

tag-ani (Tagalog): harvest season; harvest time

Definitions

  1. harvest season; harvest time

Ancestry of “tag-ani”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloganiharvest
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qanihharvest
3Proto-Austronesian*qaniS—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *qaniS →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanih →Every word from Tagalog ani →