Where does “Dalan” come from?

Dalan (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano dalan, from Proto-Philippine dalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zalan, from Proto-Austronesian zalan — path.

Dalan (Cebuano): path; way

Definitions

  1. path; way

Ancestry of “Dalan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanodalanpath; road; street
2Proto-Philippinedalanpath a trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians; a course taken (made by humans as opposed to an animal)
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianzalanpath
4Proto-Austronesianzalanpath

Words derived from “Dalan”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian zalan →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zalan →Every word from Proto-Philippine dalan →
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