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
- sun; the time period from sunrise to sunset; day,...
Ancestry of “araw”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Philippine | *qaljaw | — |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *qaləjaw | — |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | *qajaw | — |
Words derived from “araw”