Where does “lawangitan” come from?
lawangitan (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano kalangitan, from Tagalog langit, from Tagalog -um-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -um-, from Proto-Austronesian -um- — inflectional infix marking actor voice.
lawangitan (Cebuano): a heavenly body; a natural celestial object, visible in the sky, such as a star, planet, natural satellite, asteroid, comet, the Moon or the Sun
Definitions
- a heavenly body; a natural celestial object, visible in the sky, such as a star, planet, natural satellite, asteroid, comet, the Moon or the Sun
Ancestry of “lawangitan”, step by step
lawangitan traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Cebuano kalangitan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cebuano | kalangitan | heavens |
| 2 | Tagalog | langit | sky; heaven |
| 3 | Tagalog | -um- | Infix form of um- |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | -um- | inflectional affix marking actor voice |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | -um- | inflectional infix marking actor voice |