Where does “daya” come from?

daya (Tagalog) comes from Malay daya, from Proto-Malayic daya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daya, from Proto-Austronesian daya — landward; upstream.

daya (Tagalog): deceit; fraud; dodge

Definitions

  1. deceit; fraud; dodge

Ancestry of “daya”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaydayalandward; upstream; trick
2Proto-Malayicdaya—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandayalandward; upstream; to trick
4Proto-Austronesiandayalandward; upstream

Words derived from “daya”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian daya →