Where does “hagdanan” come from?

hagdanan (Hiligaynon) comes from Tagalog hagdan, from Proto-Philippine *haʀdan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *haʀəzan — ladder.

hagdanan (Hiligaynon): stairs

Definitions

  1. stairs

Ancestry of “hagdanan”, step by step

hagdanan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog hagdan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloghagdanstairs
2Proto-Philippine*haʀdanladder
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*haʀəzanladder

via Hiligaynon an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hiligaynonan—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *haʀəzan →Every word from Proto-Philippine *haʀdan →Every word from Tagalog hagdan →