Where does “tatangnan” come from?

tatangnan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog tangan, from Malay tangan, from Proto-Malayic taŋan — hand.

tatangnan (Tagalog): handle

Definitions

  1. handle

Ancestry of “tatangnan”, step by step

tatangnan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog tangan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogtanganholding of something in one's hand
2Malaytanganhand
3Proto-Malayictaŋanhand

via Tagalog tangin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogtangin—
Every word from Proto-Malayic taŋan →Every word from Malay tangan →Every word from Tagalog tangan →