Where does “lintilaw” come from?

lintilaw (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog ilaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qilaw — light.

lintilaw (Tagalog): electric light

Definitions

  1. electric light

Ancestry of “lintilaw”, step by step

lintilaw traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog ilaw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogilawlight; lamp
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qilawlight

via Tagalog lintik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloglintiklightning
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qilaw →Every word from Tagalog ilaw →