Where does “Mamaril” come from?

Mamaril (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog baril, from Javanese bedil, from Tamil வெடில் — gunpowder.

Mamaril (Tagalog): to shoot fire a projectile

Definitions

  1. to shoot fire a projectile

Ancestry of “Mamaril”, step by step

Mamaril traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog baril

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbarilgun
2JavanesebedilJava arquebus
3Tamilவெடில்gunpowder

via Proto-Kartvelian mam-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Kartvelianmam-father

via Pangasinan Mamaril

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PangasinanMamaril—
Every word from Tamil வெடில் →Every word from Javanese bedil →Every word from Tagalog baril →