Where does “matwiran” come from?

matwiran (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog matwid, from Tagalog matuwid, from Tagalog ma-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ma-, from Proto-Austronesian ma-.

matwiran (Tagalog): logic

Definitions

  1. logic

Ancestry of “matwiran”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogmatwidreason
2Tagalogmatuwidstraight
3Tagalogma-Used to form adjectives indicating a quality;...
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianma-Affix forming adjectives and stative verbs
5Proto-Austronesianma-

Words derived from “matwiran

Every word from Proto-Austronesian ma-
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