Where does “lihit” come from?

lihit (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog liha, from Spanish lija, from Spanish lijo, from Latin lixa, from Latin *lixus, from Proto-Indo-European wleykʷ- — moist, to wet.

lihit (Tagalog): radius

Definitions

  1. radius

Ancestry of “lihit”, step by step

lihit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog liha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloglihasandpaper
2Spanishlijasandpaper
3Spanishlijo
4Latinlixalye; water; sutler, camp follower, attendant
5Latin*lixusnow the Loukkos
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwleykʷ-moist, to wet

via Tagalog guhit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogguhitline
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wleykʷ-Every word from Latin *lixusEvery word from Latin lixa