Where does “lintang-kati” come from?
lintang-kati (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog kati, from Malay kati, from Tamil கட்டி, from Tamil கட்டு, from Proto-Dravidian *kaṭ- — to tie.
lintang-kati (Tagalog): slug
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Ancestry of “lintang-kati”, step by step
lintang-kati traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog kati
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | kati | itch; itchiness |
| 2 | Malay | kati | A weight defined as one-hundredth of a pikol,... |
| 3 | Tamil | கட்டி | clod, lump, concretion; anything hardened, coagulated |
| 4 | Tamil | கட்டு | to tie, to bend, to fasten, to shackles; to... |
| 5 | Proto-Dravidian | *kaṭ- | to tie |
via Tagalog linta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | linta | leech; bloodsucker; usurer |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | qali-mətaq | — |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | qaNi-məCaq | — |