Where does “salaming” come from?

salaming (Hiligaynon) comes from Malay cermin, from Classical Malay cermin, from Proto-Malayic *cər(ə)min.

salaming (Hiligaynon): mirror

Definitions

  1. mirror

Ancestry of “salaming”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaycerminmirror
2Classical Malaycermin—
3Proto-Malayic*cər(ə)min—
Every word from Proto-Malayic *cər(ə)min →Every word from Classical Malay cermin →Every word from Malay cermin →