Where does “dayem” come from?

dayem (Ivatan) comes from Proto-Philippine *daʀum, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zaʀum, from Proto-Austronesian zaʀum — needle.

dayem (Ivatan): needle

Definitions

  1. needle

Ancestry of “dayem”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*daʀumneedle
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianzaʀumneedle
3Proto-Austronesianzaʀumneedle
Every word from Proto-Austronesian zaʀum →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zaʀum →Every word from Proto-Philippine *daʀum →