Where does “pagkadali” come from?

pagkadali (Bikol Central) comes from Bikol Central dali, from Proto-Philippine *daliq.

Ancestry of “pagkadali”, step by step

pagkadali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bikol Central dali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centraldali—
2Proto-Philippine*daliq—

via Tagalog pagka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpagkaif
2Tagalogpagkamakabagunsakupinneocolonialism
Every word from Proto-Philippine *daliq →