Where does “biling-hari” come from?

biling-hari (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog bili, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəli, from Proto-Austronesian bəli — to buy.

biling-hari (Tagalog): a purchase on a fixed price set by an official authority or government mandate

Definitions

  1. a purchase on a fixed price set by an official authority or government mandate

Ancestry of “biling-hari”, step by step

biling-hari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog bili

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbilipurchase; act of buying; purchase or buying...
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbəlito buy
3Proto-Austronesianbəlito buy

via Tagalog hari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloghariking
2Old Javanesehajiking
Every word from Proto-Austronesian bəli →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəli →Every word from Tagalog bili →