Where does “malisa” come from?

malisa (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog lisa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lisəhaq, from Proto-Austronesian *lisəqəS.

malisa (Tagalog): full of nits

Definitions

  1. full of nits

Ancestry of “malisa”, step by step

malisa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog lisa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloglisaegg of a louse; nit
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*lisəhaq—
3Proto-Austronesian*lisəqəS—

via Sanskrit मरीच

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritमरीचpeppercorn
2Sanskritमरिचblack pepper
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *lisəqəS →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lisəhaq →Every word from Tagalog lisa →