Where does “tag-araw” come from?

tag-araw (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog araw, from Proto-Philippine *qaljaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləjaw, from Proto-Austronesian *qajaw.

tag-araw (Tagalog): summer; hot, dry season; sunny days

Definitions

  1. summer; hot, dry season; sunny days

Ancestry of “tag-araw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogarawsun; the time period from sunrise to sunset; day,...
2Proto-Philippine*qaljaw—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qaləjawday
4Proto-Austronesian*qajaw—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *qajaw →