Where does “adlaw” come from?

adlaw (Cebuano) comes from Proto-Philippine *qaljaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləjaw, from Proto-Austronesian *qajaw.

adlaw (Cebuano): the Sun; the star of which the Earth is...

Definitions

  1. the Sun; the star of which the Earth is...

Ancestry of “adlaw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*qaljaw—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qaləjawday
3Proto-Austronesian*qajaw—

Words derived from “adlaw”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *qajaw →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləjaw →Every word from Proto-Philippine *qaljaw →