Where does “tiyan” come from?

tiyan (Waray-Waray) comes from Proto-Philippine *tiyan, from Proto-Malayic *tian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tian, from Proto-Austronesian tiaN — belly.

tiyan (Waray-Waray): stomach; belly; abdomen

Definitions

  1. stomach; belly; abdomen

Ancestry of “tiyan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*tiyanbelly
2Proto-Malayic*tianwomb; uterus
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantianbelly
4Proto-AustronesiantiaNbelly
Every word from Proto-Austronesian tiaN →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tian →Every word from Proto-Malayic *tian →