Where does “kadalanan” come from?

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

kadalanan (Cebuano): streets or paths; all the roads; in the world, in...

Definitions

  1. streets or paths; all the roads; in the world, in...

Ancestry of “kadalanan”, step by step

kadalanan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano Dalan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CebuanoDalanpath; way
2Cebuanodalanpath; road; street
3Proto-Philippinedalanpath a trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians; a course taken (made by humans as opposed to an animal)
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianzalanpath
5Proto-Austronesianzalanpath

via Cebuano ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoka- -anindicates a place where such objects are found
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian zalan →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zalan →Every word from Proto-Philippine dalan →