Where does “alap” come from?

alap (Tagalog) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *alap, from Proto-Austronesian *alap.

alap (Tagalog): shift; turn in a work or assignment

Definitions

  1. shift; turn in a work or assignment

Ancestry of “alap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*alap—
2Proto-Austronesian*alap—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *alap →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *alap →