Where does “miklawas” come from?

miklawas (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog lawas, from Cebuano Lawas, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawas.

miklawas (Tagalog): microsome

Definitions

  1. microsome

Ancestry of “miklawas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloglawasteeth of a trident
2CebuanoLawasbody; torso
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*lawas—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lawas →Every word from Cebuano Lawas →Every word from Tagalog lawas →