Where does “ilaw-dagitab” come from?

ilaw-dagitab (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog ilaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qilaw — light.

ilaw-dagitab (Tagalog): electric light; electric lamp

Definitions

  1. electric light; electric lamp

Ancestry of “ilaw-dagitab”, step by step

ilaw-dagitab traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog ilaw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogilawlight; lamp
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qilawlight

via Tagalog dagitab

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogdagitabelectricity
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