Where does “tinapa” come from?

tinapa (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog tapa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tapa, from Proto-Austronesian *Capa — to smoke fish or meat for preservation.

tinapa (Tagalog): smoked fish

Definitions

  1. smoked fish

Ancestry of “tinapa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogtapajerked meat; jerky especially beef or pork
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*tapato smoke fish or meat for preservation
3Proto-Austronesian*Capato smoke fish or meat for preservation

Words derived from “tinapa”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *Capa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tapa →Every word from Tagalog tapa →