Where does “makadara” come from?

makadara (Bikol Central) comes from Proto-Turkic dara-, from Yoruba àrà, from Arabic رَعْد — thunder.

Ancestry of “makadara”, step by step

makadara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Turkic dara-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicdara-to comb
2Yorubaàràbody
3Arabicرَعْدthunder

via Bikol Central maka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centralmaka
Every word from Arabic رَعْد