Where does “mangailangan” come from?

mangailangan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog kailangan, from Tagalog ilang, from Tagalog ilan, from Proto-Philippine *pijah, from Proto-Austronesian *pijax — how many.

mangailangan (Tagalog): to need

Definitions

  1. to need

Ancestry of “mangailangan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkailangannecessary
2Tagalogilangdesert; wilderness; waste
3Tagalogilanhow many
4Proto-Philippine*pijah—
5Proto-Austronesian*pijaxhow many
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *pijax →Every word from Proto-Philippine *pijah →Every word from Tagalog ilan →