Where does “limang daan” come from?

limang daan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog lima, from Spanish lima, from Spanish Limón, from Arabic لَيْمُون, from Persian لیمو, from Sanskrit निम्बू, from Mundari lembu.

limang daan (Tagalog): five hundred

Definitions

  1. five hundred

Ancestry of “limang daan”, step by step

limang daan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog lima

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloglimafive
2Spanishlimalime; lemon; file
3SpanishLimónlemon
4Arabicلَيْمُونlemon, lime
5Persianلیموlemon; lime
6Sanskritनिम्बूcommon lime or lemon
7Mundarilembu

via Tagalog daan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogdaanpath, way, road; hundred
2Proto-Philippinedalanpath a trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians; a course taken (made by humans as opposed to an animal)
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianzalanpath
4Proto-Austronesianzalanpath
Every word from Mundari lembu
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