Where does “kangalanan” come from?

kangalanan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog ngalan, from Proto-Philippine ŋajan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ŋajan, from Proto-Austronesian ŋajan.

kangalanan (Tagalog): meaning of a word; significance

Definitions

  1. meaning of a word; significance

Ancestry of “kangalanan”, step by step

kangalanan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog ngalan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogngalanname
2Proto-Philippineŋajanname
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianŋajanname
4Proto-Austronesianŋajan—

via Tagalog ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -anused to form abstract nouns
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian ŋajan →