Where does “mataas na hukuman” come from?
mataas na hukuman (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog mataas, from Tagalog ma-, from Icelandic landi, from Icelandic land, from Old Norse land, from Proto-Germanic landą, from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- — land, heath; loins.
mataas na hukuman (Tagalog): high court; supreme court
Definitions
- high court; supreme court
Ancestry of “mataas na hukuman”, step by step
mataas na hukuman traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog mataas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | mataas | high; tall; superior |
| 2 | Tagalog | ma- | Used to form adjectives indicating a quality;... |
| 3 | Icelandic | landi | the people, general population; a fellow... |
| 4 | Icelandic | land | land, earth, ground; country; countryside,... |
| 5 | Old Norse | land | land |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | landą | land, area of ground |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lendʰ- | land, heath; loins |
via Tagalog hukuman
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | hukuman | law court; tribunal; courthouse |
| 2 | Tagalog | -an | object trigger: to do something to a person or a... |
| 3 | Proto-Philippine | *-an | verbal suffix marking locative focus |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | -an | Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal... |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | -an | Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal... |