Where does “langit” come from?
langit (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog -um-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -um-, from Proto-Austronesian -um-.
langit (Tagalog): sky; heaven
Ancestry of “langit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | -um- | Infix form of um- |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | -um- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | -um- | — |