Where does “ngalan” come from?

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

ngalan (Cebuano): name; first name; given name

Definitions

  1. name; first name; given name

Ancestry of “ngalan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippineŋajanname
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianŋajanname
3Proto-Austronesianŋajan—

Words derived from “ngalan”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian ŋajan →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ŋajan →Every word from Proto-Philippine ŋajan →