Where does “sulat-kamay” come from?

sulat-kamay (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog sulat, from Malay surat, from Proto-Malayic surat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat.

sulat-kamay (Tagalog): handwriting; penmanship; autograph

Definitions

  1. handwriting; penmanship; autograph

Ancestry of “sulat-kamay”, step by step

sulat-kamay traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog sulat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogsulatwriting; handwriting; letter
2Malaysuratdocument; letter; inscription
3Proto-Malayicsurat—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*suʀat—

via Tagalog kamay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkamayhand; something that resembles a human hand;...
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*kamayhand
3Proto-Austronesian*kamayhand
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat →Every word from Proto-Malayic surat →Every word from Malay surat →