Where does “kaawaan” come from?

kaawaan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog awa, from Sanskrit आवह्.

kaawaan (Tagalog): to feel ruthfulness or mercifulness for someone

Definitions

  1. to feel ruthfulness or mercifulness for someone

Ancestry of “kaawaan”, step by step

kaawaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog awa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogawacompassion, mercy, pity
2Sanskritआवह्

via Tagalog ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -anused to form abstract nouns
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an
Every word from Sanskrit आवह्
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