Where does “lakas” come from?

lakas (Tagalog) comes from Malay lekas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləkas — quick.

lakas (Tagalog): strength; power; force; loudness; volume;...

Definitions

  1. strength; power; force; loudness; volume;...

Ancestry of “lakas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalaylekasQuickly or fast
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ləkasquick

Words derived from “lakas”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləkas →Every word from Malay lekas →