Where does “araw” come from?

araw (Tagalog) comes from Proto-Philippine *qaljaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləjaw, from Proto-Austronesian *qajaw.

araw (Tagalog): sun; the time period from sunrise to sunset; day,...

Definitions

  1. sun; the time period from sunrise to sunset; day,...

Ancestry of “araw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*qaljaw
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qaləjawday
3Proto-Austronesian*qajaw

Words derived from “araw

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *qajawEvery word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləjawEvery word from Proto-Philippine *qaljaw
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