Where does “kaalan” come from?

kaalan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog Alan, from English Alan, from Latin Alānī, from Ancient Greek Ἀλανοί — Alani, a Scythian tribe settled in the region...

kaalan (Tagalog): namesake; fellow with the same name

Definitions

  1. namesake; fellow with the same name

Ancestry of “kaalan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TagalogAlan—
2EnglishAlanA member of a group of Sarmatian tribes, nomadic...
3LatinAlānīAlans
4Ancient GreekἈλανοίAlani, a Scythian tribe settled in the region...
Every word from Ancient Greek Ἀλανοί →Every word from Latin Alānī →Every word from English Alan →