Talk:kanan
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Etymology Change
[edit]@Kwékwlos Could you explain the basis for this edit? Mar vin kaiser (talk) 13:31, 1 July 2022 (UTC)
- @Kwékwlos: Could you reply? Where'd you get the idea of the Tagalog word being a Malay borrorwing? Thanks. --Mar vin kaiser (talk) 09:31, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
- @Mar vin kaise: Perhaps I should be more careful this time. Looks like the source is here: https://www.trussel2.com/ACD/acd-s_w.htm#9475. The reason it's a Malay borrowing, as suggested by the website, is that PMP *w disappears word-initially in Malayic *ka-wanan > *ka-anan > *kanan, while it is retained in Tagalog (eg. *walu "eight" > walo). Kwékwlos (talk) 10:17, 8 July 2022 (UTC)