Where does “isa” come from?

isa (Hiligaynon) comes from Spanish izar, from French hisser, from German hissen, from Middle Low German hissen.

isa (Hiligaynon): one; alone, solitary; one, unit

Definitions

  1. one; alone, solitary; one, unit

Ancestry of “isa”, step by step

isa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish izar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishizarto hoist
2Frenchhisserto hoist, to raise; to rise through the ranks
3Germanhissento hoist
4Middle Low Germanhissen—

via Austronesian *isa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Austronesian*isa—

Words derived from “isa”

Every word from Middle Low German hissen →Every word from German hissen →Every word from French hisser →