Where does “katihan” come from?

katihan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog kati, from Malay kati, from Tamil கட்டி, from Tamil கட்டு, from Proto-Dravidian *kaṭ- — to tie.

katihan (Tagalog): dry land

Definitions

  1. dry land

Ancestry of “katihan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkatiitch; itchiness
2MalaykatiA weight defined as one-hundredth of a pikol,...
3Tamilகட்டிclod, lump, concretion; anything hardened, coagulated
4Tamilகட்டுto tie, to bend, to fasten, to shackles; to...
5Proto-Dravidian*kaṭ-to tie
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