Where does “guhit-palad” come from?

guhit-palad (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog Palad, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaj — palm of the hand.

guhit-palad (Tagalog): lines in the palm

Definitions

  1. lines in the palm

Ancestry of “guhit-palad”, step by step

guhit-palad traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog Palad

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TagalogPaladmostly concentrated in Bulacan, Quezon and Laguna
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*palajpalm of the hand

via Tagalog guhit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogguhitline
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaj →Every word from Tagalog Palad →