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Where does “alakdan” come from?

alakdan (Kapampangan) comes from Spanish alacrán, from Old Spanish alacran, from Arabic عَقْرَب, from Semitic *ʕaḳrab-.

alakdan (Kapampangan): scorpion

Definitions

  1. scorpion

Ancestry of “alakdan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishalacránscorpion
2Old Spanishalacranscorpion
3Arabicعَقْرَبthe scorpion; scorpion
4Semitic*ʕaḳrab-—
Every word from Semitic *ʕaḳrab- →