Where does “dahon-palay” come from?

dahon-palay (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog dahon, from Proto-Austronesian *dahun.

Ancestry of “dahon-palay”, step by step

dahon-palay traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog dahon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogdahonleaf
2Proto-Austronesian*dahun—

via Tagalog palay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpalayrice plant
2Austronesian*pajay—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *dahun →Every word from Tagalog dahon →