Where does “kakayahan” come from?

kakayahan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog kaya, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kaya, from Proto-Austronesian kaya — able, capable, strong, wealthy.

kakayahan (Tagalog): ability; skill

Definitions

  1. ability; skill

Ancestry of “kakayahan”, step by step

kakayahan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog kaya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkayaable; capable; ability; capability; competence;...
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankaya—
3Proto-Austronesiankayaable, capable, strong, wealthy

via Tagalog ka- -han

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -han—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian kaya →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kaya →Every word from Tagalog kaya →