Where does “magbigay-daan” come from?

magbigay-daan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog daan, from Proto-Philippine dalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zalan, from Proto-Austronesian zalan — path.

magbigay-daan (Tagalog): to give way

Definitions

to give way

Ancestry of “magbigay-daan”, step by step

magbigay-daan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog daan

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Tagalog	daan	path, way, road; hundred
2	Proto-Philippine	dalan	path a trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians; a course taken (made by humans as opposed to an animal)
3	Proto-Malayo-Polynesian	zalan	path
4	Proto-Austronesian	zalan	path

via Tagalog bigay

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Tagalog	bigay	to give
2	Proto-Malayo-Polynesian	bəʀay	to give

Every word from Proto-Austronesian zalan →