Where does “kahiraman” come from?

kahiraman (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog hiram, from Proto-Philippine *hədám.

kahiraman (Tagalog): person from whom one mutually borrows

Definitions

  1. person from whom one mutually borrows

Ancestry of “kahiraman”, step by step

kahiraman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog hiram

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloghiramborrowed; act of borrowing
2Proto-Philippine*hədám—

via Tagalog ka- -an

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

Words derived from “kahiraman”

Every word from Proto-Philippine *hədám →