Where does “limanlaksa” come from?
limanlaksa (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog laksa, from Malay laksa, from Malay لقسا, from Sanskrit लक्ष, from Sanskrit लक्ष्, from Sanskrit रक्ष्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hrakṣ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hrakš- — to protect.
limanlaksa (Tagalog): fifty thousand
Definitions
- fifty thousand
Ancestry of “limanlaksa”, step by step
limanlaksa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog laksa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | laksa | ten thousand |
| 2 | Malay | laksa | laksa; ten thousand; laksa, a spicy stew from... |
| 3 | Malay | لقسا | laksa; ten thousand |
| 4 | Sanskrit | लक्ष | a mark, sign, token; a mark to aim at, target,... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | लक्ष् | perceive, observe; recognise; to mark, sign |
| 6 | Sanskrit | रक्ष् | to protect, guard, watch, take care of, save,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | Hrakṣ- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hrakš- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂lek- | to protect |