Where does “kamalayan” come from?

kamalayan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog Malay, from English Malay, from Malay Melayu, from Malay Malayu, from Old Javanese layū, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi lariw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian laʀiw, from Proto-Austronesian laʀiw.

kamalayan (Tagalog): awareness; consciousness

Definitions

  1. awareness; consciousness

Ancestry of “kamalayan”, step by step

kamalayan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog Malay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TagalogMalayMalay language
2EnglishMalayOf or relating to the Malays, a people living in...
3MalayMelayuMalay
4MalayMalayu—
5Old Javaneselayūto run
6Proto-Sunda-Sulawesilariw—
7Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlaʀiw—
8Proto-Austronesianlaʀiw—

via Tagalog ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -anused to form abstract nouns
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian laʀiw →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian laʀiw →Every word from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi lariw →