Where does “ndaw” come from?

ndaw (Maranao) comes from Proto-Philippine *qaljaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləjaw, from Proto-Austronesian *qajaw.

ndaw (Maranao): sun

Definitions

  1. sun

Ancestry of “ndaw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*qaljaw—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qaləjawday
3Proto-Austronesian*qajaw—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *qajaw →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləjaw →Every word from Proto-Philippine *qaljaw →