Where does “ilaya” come from?

ilaya (Tagalog) comes from Proto-Oceanic *daya, from Proto-Austronesian daya — landward; upstream.

ilaya (Tagalog): northern or upper part of a town or community

Definitions

  1. northern or upper part of a town or community

Ancestry of “ilaya”, step by step

ilaya traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Oceanic *daya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanic*daya—
2Proto-Austronesiandayalandward; upstream

via Tagalog laya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloglaya-- root word of kalayaan; Freedom; The state of...

Words derived from “ilaya”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian daya →Every word from Proto-Oceanic *daya →