Where does “ugnaypaa” come from?

ugnaypaa (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog paa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian paqa, from Proto-Austronesian paqa — thigh.

ugnaypaa (Tagalog): arthropod

Definitions

  1. arthropod

Ancestry of “ugnaypaa”, step by step

ugnaypaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog paa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpaafoot
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpaqathigh
3Proto-Austronesianpaqathigh

via Tagalog ugnay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogugnaypoint of connection or attachment; joint
Every word from Proto-Austronesian paqa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian paqa →Every word from Tagalog paa →