Where does “tiyan” come from?
tiyan (Tagalog) comes from Proto-Philippine *tiyan, from Proto-Malayic *tian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tian, from Proto-Austronesian tiaN — belly.
tiyan (Tagalog): abdomen; belly; paunch
Ancestry of “tiyan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Philippine | *tiyan | — |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | *tian | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | tian | belly |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | tiaN | belly |