Where does “dalaginday” come from?
dalaginday (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog dalaga, from Sanskrit दार, from Sanskrit दर, from Proto-Indo-Aryan d(ʰ)wā́r, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰwā́r, from Proto-Indo-European dʰwṓr, from Proto-Indo-European dʰwer- — door.
dalaginday (Tagalog): very young girl; very young maiden
Definitions
- very young girl; very young maiden
Ancestry of “dalaginday”, step by step
dalaginday traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog dalaga
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | dalaga | a young woman who has passed puberty but is not... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | दार | wife; rent, cleft, hole; tearing up, rending |
| 3 | Sanskrit | दर | fear; cleaving, split |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | d(ʰ)wā́r | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | dʰwā́r | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰwṓr | door |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰwer- | door |
via Cebuano inday
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cebuano | inday | a young girl |