Where does “kaibhan” come from?

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

Ancestry of “kaibhan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogibaother, another; different
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ibahother
3Proto-Austronesian*ibaS—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ibaS →
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