Where does “kaulapan” come from?

kaulapan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog ka- -an, from Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an.

kaulapan (Tagalog): clouds; cloudery

Definitions

  1. clouds; cloudery

Ancestry of “kaulapan”, step by step

kaulapan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogka- -anused to form abstract nouns
2Proto-Austronesian*ka- -an—

via Tagalog ulap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogulapcloud
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an →Every word from Tagalog ka- -an →