Where does “kabiglaan” come from?

kabiglaan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog bigla, from Proto-Philippine * big(ə)láq.

kabiglaan (Tagalog): suddenness

Definitions

  1. suddenness

Ancestry of “kabiglaan”, step by step

kabiglaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog bigla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbiglasudden
2Proto-Philippine* big(ə)láq—

via Tagalog ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -anused to form abstract nouns
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—
Every word from Proto-Philippine * big(ə)láq →Every word from Tagalog bigla →