Where does “inang wika” come from?
inang wika (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog ina, from Proto-Philippine ina, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ina, from Proto-Austronesian ina — mother.
inang wika (Tagalog): native language; mother tongue
Definitions
- native language; mother tongue
Ancestry of “inang wika”, step by step
inang wika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog ina
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | ina | mother |
| 2 | Proto-Philippine | ina | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | ina | mother |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | ina | mother |
via Tagalog wika
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | wika | language; utterance; to express verbally; to... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | वाक्य | speech, saying, assertion, statement, command,... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | वच् | to speak, utter, say |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |