Where does “kinigsulat” come from?

kinigsulat (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog sulat, from Malay surat, from Proto-Malayic surat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat.

kinigsulat (Tagalog): vibrograph

Definitions

  1. vibrograph

Ancestry of “kinigsulat”, step by step

kinigsulat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog sulat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogsulatwriting; handwriting; letter
2Malaysuratdocument; letter; inscription
3Proto-Malayicsurat—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*suʀat—

via Tagalog kinig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkinigthe act of listening to something
2Proto-Austronesian*kiŋəʀ—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat →Every word from Proto-Malayic surat →Every word from Malay surat →