Where does “bihasa” come from?
bihasa (Tagalog) comes from Sanskrit अभ्यास, from Sanskrit अभ्यस्, from Sanskrit अस्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *has-.
bihasa (Tagalog): expert; professional
Ancestry of “bihasa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | अभ्यास | habit; practice, habit |
| 2 | Sanskrit | अभ्यस् | — |
| 3 | Sanskrit | अस् | to be; to throw |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *has- | — |
Words derived from “bihasa”