Where does “dalagita” come from?

dalagita (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.

dalagita (Tagalog): young girl; adolescent girl

Definitions

  1. young girl; adolescent girl

Ancestry of “dalagita”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogdalagaa young woman who has passed puberty but is not...
2Sanskritदारwife; rent, cleft, hole; tearing up, rending
3Sanskritदरfear; cleaving, split
4Proto-Indo-Aryand(ʰ)wā́r—
5Proto-Indo-Iraniandʰwā́r—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰwṓrdoor
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰwer-door
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰwer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰwṓr →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰwā́r →
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