Where does “dagangalan” come from?

dagangalan (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano ngalan, from Proto-Philippine ŋajan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ŋajan, from Proto-Austronesian ŋajan.

dagangalan (Cebuano): a pen name; a nom de plume

Definitions

  1. a pen name; a nom de plume

Ancestry of “dagangalan”, step by step

dagangalan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano ngalan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanongalanname; first name; given name
2Proto-Philippineŋajanname
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianŋajanname
4Proto-Austronesianŋajan—

via Cebuano dagang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanodaganga quill; a pen made from a feather
Every word from Proto-Austronesian ŋajan →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ŋajan →Every word from Proto-Philippine ŋajan →