Where does “tulisan” come from?

tulisan (Cebuano) comes from Tagalog tulisan, from Finnish tulis-.

tulisan (Cebuano): mugger; bandit

Definitions

  1. mugger; bandit

Ancestry of “tulisan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogtulisanhighway robber; brigand; bandit; outlaw
2Finnishtulis-
Every word from Finnish tulis-Every word from Tagalog tulisan
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