Where does “gitnang pangalan” come from?

gitnang pangalan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog pangalan, from Tagalog ngalan, from Proto-Philippine ŋajan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ŋajan, from Proto-Austronesian ŋajan.

gitnang pangalan (Tagalog): middle name

Definitions

  1. middle name

Ancestry of “gitnang pangalan”, step by step

gitnang pangalan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog pangalan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpangalanname; given name; first name
2Tagalogngalanname
3Proto-Philippineŋajanname
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianŋajanname
5Proto-Austronesianŋajan—

via Tagalog gitna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloggitnacenter; middle
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantəŋaqcentre; half
Every word from Proto-Austronesian ŋajan →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ŋajan →Every word from Proto-Philippine ŋajan →