Where does “pailaw” come from?

pailaw (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog pa-, from Proto-Austronesian pa- — causative prefix.

pailaw (Tagalog): light show

Definitions

  1. light show

Ancestry of “pailaw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpa-"adverbial prefix" - "Indicates process of...
2Proto-Austronesianpa-causative prefix
Every word from Proto-Austronesian pa- →