Where does “mulkaphay” come from?

mulkaphay (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog kaphay, from Tagalog sangkap, from Proto-Philippine *saŋkap.

mulkaphay (Tagalog): protoplasm

Definitions

  1. protoplasm

Ancestry of “mulkaphay”, step by step

mulkaphay traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog kaphay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkaphayplasma
2Tagalogsangkapingredient
3Proto-Philippine*saŋkap—

via Tagalog mulaan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogmulaan—
Every word from Proto-Philippine *saŋkap →Every word from Tagalog sangkap →Every word from Tagalog kaphay →