Where does “himatay” come from?

himatay (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog patay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian p-atay, from Proto-Austronesian aCay.

himatay (Tagalog): fainting; swoon; loss of consciousness

Definitions

  1. fainting; swoon; loss of consciousness

Ancestry of “himatay”, step by step

himatay traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog patay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpataythe dead body of a person; cadaver; corpse; the...
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianp-ataydead
3Proto-AustronesianaCay—

via Tagalog batay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbataybased on; taken from

Words derived from “himatay”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian aCay →