Where does “mamahayag” come from?

mamahayag (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog Pahayag, from Tagalog pa-, from Proto-Austronesian pa- — causative prefix.

mamahayag (Tagalog): to inform; to make other people know

Definitions

  1. to inform; to make other people know

Ancestry of “mamahayag”, step by step

mamahayag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog Pahayag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TagalogPahayagRevelation; Apocalypse
2Tagalogpa-"adverbial prefix" - "Indicates process of...
3Proto-Austronesianpa-causative prefix

via Proto-Kartvelian mam-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Kartvelianmam-father
Every word from Proto-Austronesian pa- →Every word from Tagalog pa- →Every word from Tagalog Pahayag →