Where does “bilad” come from?

bilad (Kapampangan) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəlaj — spread out to dry in the sun.

bilad (Kapampangan): exposed to the air as to dry

Definitions

  1. exposed to the air as to dry

Ancestry of “bilad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*bəlajspread out to dry in the sun
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəlaj