Where does “dalub- -han” come from?
dalub- -han (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog dalub-, from Tagalog dalubhasa, from Malay jurubahasa, from Malay bahasa, from Sanskrit भाषा, from Sanskrit भाष.
Ancestry of “dalub- -han”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | dalub- | expert |
| 2 | Tagalog | dalubhasa | expert |
| 3 | Malay | jurubahasa | — |
| 4 | Malay | bahasa | language; decorum, appropriate social behavior |
| 5 | Sanskrit | भाषा | speech, language; any Prakrit dialect or a... |
| 6 | Sanskrit | भाष | — |