Where does “dalan” come from?
dalan (Hiligaynon) comes from Proto-Philippine dalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zalan, from Proto-Austronesian zalan — path.
dalan (Hiligaynon): path, road, street, way
Ancestry of “dalan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Philippine | dalan | — |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | zalan | path |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | zalan | path |