Where does “lelong” come from?

lelong (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog abwelo, from Spanish abuelo, from Old Spanish avuelo, from Vulgar Latin *aviolum, from Latin avus, from Proto-Celtic abū, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ep- — water, body of water.

lelong (Tagalog): grandfather

Definitions

  1. grandfather

Ancestry of “lelong”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogabwelograndfather
2Spanishabuelograndfather; an elderly person; loose tufts of...
3Old Spanishavuelograndfather
4Vulgar Latin*aviolum
5Latinavusgrandfather; an ancestor, a progenitor, a...
6Proto-Celticabūriver
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ep-water, body of water

Words derived from “lelong

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ep-