Where does “kaunman” come from?

kaunman (Waray-Waray) comes from Waray-Waray unom, from Proto-Philippine ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian ənəm, from Proto-Austroasiatic *ənəm.

kaunman (Waray-Waray): sixty

Definitions

  1. sixty

Ancestry of “kaunman”, step by step

kaunman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Waray-Waray unom

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Waray-Warayunomsix
2Proto-Philippineənəmsix
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianənəmsix
4Proto-Austronesianənəmsix
5Proto-Austroasiatic*ənəm—

via Waray-Waray ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Waray-Warayka- -an—
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *ənəm →Every word from Proto-Austronesian ənəm →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ənəm →