Where does “kalangitan” come from?

kalangitan (Cebuano) comes from Tagalog langit, from Tagalog -um-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -um-, from Proto-Austronesian -um- — inflectional infix marking actor voice.

kalangitan (Cebuano): heavens

Definitions

  1. heavens

Ancestry of “kalangitan”, step by step

kalangitan traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog langit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloglangitsky; heaven
2Tagalog-um-Infix form of um-
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian-um-inflectional affix marking actor voice
4Proto-Austronesian-um-inflectional infix marking actor voice

via Tagalog ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -anused to form abstract nouns
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an

via Cebuano Langit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CebuanoLangitthe sky

Words derived from “kalangitan

Every word from Proto-Austronesian -um-