Where does “adlaw” come from?
adlaw (Tagalog) comes from Cebuano adlaw, from Proto-Philippine *qaljaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləjaw, from Proto-Austronesian *qajaw.
adlaw (Tagalog): sun; day; daytime
Ancestry of “adlaw”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Cebuano | adlaw | the Sun; the star of which the Earth is... |
| 2 | Proto-Philippine | *qaljaw | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *qaləjaw | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | *qajaw | — |