Where does “Meranaw” come from?

Meranaw (Tagalog) comes from Maranao Mëranaw, from Maranao ranaw, from Proto-Philippine *danaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian danaw, from Proto-Austronesian danaw — lake.

Meranaw (Tagalog): Maranao

Definitions

  1. Maranao

Ancestry of “Meranaw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MaranaoMëranawMaranao
2Maranaoranawlake
3Proto-Philippine*danaw—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandanawlake
5Proto-Austronesiandanawlake
Every word from Proto-Austronesian danaw →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian danaw →Every word from Proto-Philippine *danaw →