Where does “aling” come from?

aling (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog ale, from Sanskrit आली, from Proto-Dravidian *āḷ.

aling (Tagalog): term of address of an elder woman

Definitions

  1. term of address of an elder woman

Ancestry of “aling”, step by step

aling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog ale

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogalestepmother; aunt
2Sanskritआलीline, row; stripe, line
3Proto-Dravidian*āḷ—

via Tagalog alin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogalinwhich
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *āḷ →Every word from Sanskrit आली →Every word from Tagalog ale →