Where does “pagkaun” come from?

pagkaun (Tausug) comes from Tausug kaun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kaən, from Proto-Austronesian kaən — to eat.

pagkaun (Tausug): food

Definitions

  1. food

Ancestry of “pagkaun”, step by step

pagkaun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tausug kaun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tausugkaunto eat
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankaənto eat
3Proto-Austronesiankaənto eat

via Tausug pag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tausugpag—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian kaən →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kaən →Every word from Tausug kaun →