Where does “kahinaan” come from?

kahinaan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog hina, from Malay hina, from Classical Malay هينا, from Sanskrit हीन, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ʰHnás, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰh₁-nós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰeh₁- — to go, to walk.

kahinaan (Tagalog): weakness

Definitions

  1. weakness

Ancestry of “kahinaan”, step by step

kahinaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog hina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloghinaweakness; softness
2Malayhinalesser; bad
3Classical Malayهينا—
4Sanskritहीनabandoned, forsaken, left; excluded from; bereft...
5Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́ʰHnás—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰh₁-nósabandoned
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰeh₁-to go, to walk

via Tagalog ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -anused to form abstract nouns
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—

Words derived from “kahinaan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰh₁-nós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ʰHnás →