Where does “kailaliman” come from?

kailaliman (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog ilalim, from Tagalog lalim, from Proto-Philippine *daləm — inside.

kailaliman (Tagalog): depths; deepest point of a water body

Definitions

  1. depths; deepest point of a water body

Ancestry of “kailaliman”, step by step

kailaliman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog ilalim

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogilalimbottom
2Tagaloglalimdepth
3Proto-Philippine*daləminside

via Tagalog ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -anused to form abstract nouns
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—
Every word from Proto-Philippine *daləm →Every word from Tagalog lalim →Every word from Tagalog ilalim →