Where does “kalilahan” come from?

kalilahan (Sundanese) comes from English Lilah, from Arabic لله, from Arabic الله, from Arabic الٱِلٰه, from Arabic إله, from Proto-Semitic ʔil- — deity, god.

kalilahan (Sundanese): readiness

Definitions

  1. readiness

Ancestry of “kalilahan”, step by step

kalilahan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Lilah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishLilah
2Arabicلله
3ArabicاللهAllah; God; god
4ArabicالٱِلٰهGod
5Arabicإلهgod, deity
6Proto-Semiticʔil-deity, god

via Sundanese ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sundaneseka- -an
Every word from Proto-Semitic ʔil-Every word from Arabic إلهEvery word from Arabic الٱِلٰه