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Where does “mailap” come from?

mailap (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog ma-, from Icelandic landi, from Icelandic land, from Old Norse land, from Proto-Germanic landą, from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- — land, heath; loins.

mailap (Tagalog): wild; undomesticated; shy; unsociable

Definitions

  1. wild; undomesticated; shy; unsociable

Ancestry of “mailap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogma-Used to form adjectives indicating a quality;...
2Icelandiclandithe people, general population; a fellow...
3Icelandiclandland, earth, ground; country; countryside,...
4Old Norselandland
5Proto-Germaniclandąland, area of ground
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlendʰ-land, heath; loins
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