Where does “mahina” come from?

mahina (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog hina, from Malay hina, from Classical Malay هينا, from Sanskrit हीन, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ʰHnás, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰh₁-nós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰeh₁- — to go, to walk.

mahina (Tagalog): weak; feeble; sickly

Definitions

  1. weak; feeble; sickly

Ancestry of “mahina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloghinaweakness; softness
2Malayhinalesser; bad
3Classical Malayهينا—
4Sanskritहीनabandoned, forsaken, left; excluded from; bereft...
5Proto-Indo-Iranianȷ́ʰHnás—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰh₁-nósabandoned
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰeh₁-to go, to walk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰh₁-nós →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ȷ́ʰHnás →