Where does “kaibahan” come from?

kaibahan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog iba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ibah, from Proto-Austronesian *ibaS.

kaibahan (Tagalog): difference

Definitions

  1. difference

Ancestry of “kaibahan”, step by step

kaibahan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog iba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogibaother, another; different
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ibahother
3Proto-Austronesian*ibaS

via Tagalog ka- -han

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -han
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ibaS