Where does “kalakihan” come from?

kalakihan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog laki, from Proto-Philippine *dakəl.

kalakihan (Tagalog): bigness; largeness

Definitions

  1. bigness; largeness

Ancestry of “kalakihan”, step by step

kalakihan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog laki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloglakisize
2Proto-Philippine*dakəl—

via Tagalog ka- -han

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -han—
Every word from Proto-Philippine *dakəl →Every word from Tagalog laki →