Where does “daan” come from?

daan (Dibabawon Manobo) comes from Proto-Philippine dalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zalan, from Proto-Austronesian zalan — path.

daan (Dibabawon Manobo): road; path

Definitions

  1. road; path

Ancestry of “daan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippinedalanpath a trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians; a course taken (made by humans as opposed to an animal)
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianzalanpath
3Proto-Austronesianzalanpath
Every word from Proto-Austronesian zalan →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zalan →Every word from Proto-Philippine dalan →
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