Where does “kaarawan” come from?

kaarawan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog araw, from Proto-Philippine *qaljaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləjaw, from Proto-Austronesian *qajaw.

kaarawan (Tagalog): birthday

Definitions

  1. birthday

Ancestry of “kaarawan”, step by step

kaarawan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog araw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogarawsun; the time period from sunrise to sunset; day,...
2Proto-Philippine*qaljaw—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qaləjawday
4Proto-Austronesian*qajaw—

via Tagalog ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -anused to form abstract nouns
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *qajaw →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləjaw →Every word from Proto-Philippine *qaljaw →