Where does “kamalian” come from?

kamalian (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog mali, from English Mali, from Hindi माली, from Hindi माल, from Dhivehi މާލެ, from Dhivehi ލޭ, from Prakrit 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀺𑀅, from Sanskrit लोहित — red.

kamalian (Tagalog): mistake; error; shortcoming

Definitions

  1. mistake; error; shortcoming

Ancestry of “kamalian”, step by step

kamalian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog mali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogmaliwrong
2EnglishMaliA Somali
3Hindiमालीgardener; economical, monetary
4Hindiमालgoods, stuff, things; money; an attractive woman
5Dhivehiމާލެ
6Dhivehiލޭblood
7Prakrit𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀺𑀅red
8Sanskritलोहितred, reddish; made of copper; blood
9Proto-Indo-IranianHráwdʰitasred
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red

via Tagalog ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -anused to form abstract nouns
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ-