Where does “matandang dalaga” come from?
matandang dalaga (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog matanda, 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.
matandang dalaga (Tagalog): An old woman woman who has never married; an old maid; a spinster
Definitions
- An old woman woman who has never married; an old maid; a spinster
Ancestry of “matandang dalaga”, step by step
matandang dalaga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog matanda
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | matanda | old; aged; senior |
| 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 dalaga
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | dalaga | a young woman who has passed puberty but is not... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | दार | wife; rent, cleft, hole; tearing up, rending |
| 3 | Sanskrit | दर | fear; cleaving, split |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | d(ʰ)wā́r | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | dʰwā́r | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰwṓr | door |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰwer- | door |