Where does “ikalabinsiyam” come from?

ikalabinsiyam (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog labinsiyam, from Tagalog siyam, from Proto-Philippine *siám, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siam.

ikalabinsiyam (Tagalog): nineteenth

Definitions

  1. nineteenth

Ancestry of “ikalabinsiyam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloglabinsiyamnineteen
2Tagalogsiyamnine
3Proto-Philippine*siám—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*siam—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siam →Every word from Proto-Philippine *siám →Every word from Tagalog siyam →