Where does “palakihin” come from?

palakihin (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog laki, from Proto-Philippine *dakəl.

palakihin (Tagalog): to enlarge, make something bigger

Definitions

  1. to enlarge, make something bigger

Ancestry of “palakihin”, step by step

palakihin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog laki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloglakisize
2Proto-Philippine*dakəl

via Tagalog pa- -hin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpa- -hin
Every word from Proto-Philippine *dakəl