Where does “bayna” come from?

bayna (Tagalog) comes from Spanish vaina, from Old Spanish vayna, from Latin vāgīna, from Proto-Italic wāgīnā, from Proto-Indo-European wāg- — to be bent.

bayna (Tagalog): sheath; scabbard of a bladed weapon

Definitions

  1. sheath; scabbard of a bladed weapon

Ancestry of “bayna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishvainapod; scabbard, sheath; case, casing
2Old Spanishvaynasheath
3Latinvāgīnasheath; scabbard
4Proto-Italicwāgīnāsheath, scabbard
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwāg-to be bent
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wāg- →Every word from Proto-Italic wāgīnā →Every word from Latin vāgīna →