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.
Ancestry of “Dalan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Cebuano | dalan | path; road; street |
| 2 | Proto-Philippine | dalan | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | zalan | path |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | zalan | path |