Where does “iklilat” come from?

iklilat (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog sulat, from Malay surat, from Proto-Malayic surat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat.

iklilat (Tagalog): tachygraphy, stenography; or shorthand writing

Definitions

  1. tachygraphy, stenography; or shorthand writing

Ancestry of “iklilat”, step by step

iklilat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog sulat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogsulatwriting; handwriting; letter
2Malaysuratdocument; letter; inscription
3Proto-Malayicsurat—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*suʀat—

via Tagalog ikli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogiklishortness of length
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat →Every word from Proto-Malayic surat →Every word from Malay surat →