Where does “makaisa” come from?

makaisa (Tagalog) comes from Finnish Kaisa, from Finnish Katariina, from Swedish Katarina, from Medieval Latin Catharīna, from Latin Ecaterina, from Ancient Greek Αἰκατερίνη, from Ancient Greek Ἑκάτη, from Ancient Greek ἑκάς — self.

makaisa (Tagalog): to be able to do, obtain, or finish one of something

Definitions

  1. to be able to do, obtain, or finish one of something

Ancestry of “makaisa”, step by step

makaisa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Kaisa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKaisakaisa
2FinnishKatariinaCatherine
3SwedishKatarinaCatherine
4Medieval LatinCatharīna
5LatinEcaterina
6Ancient GreekΑἰκατερίνη
7Ancient GreekἙκάτηHecate
8Ancient Greekἑκάςafar, far off; long after
9Ancient Greekhim
10Proto-Hellenichwe
11Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself

via Tagalog isa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogisaone
2ArabicعِيسَىJesus
3HebrewיְהוֹשֻׁעַJoshua
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swé