Where does “bilangan” come from?

bilangan (Maranao) comes from Maranao bilang, from Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ — to count, to calculate.

bilangan (Maranao): calendar

Definitions

  1. calendar

Ancestry of “bilangan”, step by step

bilangan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Maranao bilang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maranaobilangnumber
2Proto-Austronesian*bilaŋto count, to calculate

via Maranao an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maranaoan—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *bilaŋ →Every word from Maranao bilang →