Where does “malik” come from?

malik (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog bumalik, from Tagalog -um-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -um-, from Proto-Austronesian -um- — inflectional infix marking actor voice.

malik (Tagalog): infinitive: to return

Definitions

  1. infinitive: to return

Ancestry of “malik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbumalikto return; to come back
2Tagalog-um-Infix form of um-
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian-um-inflectional affix marking actor voice
4Proto-Austronesian-um-inflectional infix marking actor voice

Words derived from “malik”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian -um- →