Where does “paupahan” come from?

paupahan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog upa, from Malay upah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *upaq.

paupahan (Tagalog): rental property

Definitions

  1. rental property

Ancestry of “paupahan”, step by step

paupahan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog upa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloguparent; lease; pay; salary
2Malayupahwage; compensation; a specified amount of money that is given to someone for doing a certain task
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*upaq—

via Tagalog pa- -han

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpa- -han—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *upaq →Every word from Malay upah →Every word from Tagalog upa →