Where does “kailan” come from?

kailan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog Ka-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka-, from Proto-Austronesian ka- — inchoative.

kailan (Tagalog): when

Definitions

  1. when

Ancestry of “kailan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TagalogKa-implies companionship or partnership
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianka-marker of past time in temporal expressions
3Proto-Austronesianka-inchoative

Words derived from “kailan”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian ka- →