Where does “tanlap” come from?

tanlap (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog tanaw, from Cebuano tan-aw, from Proto-Philippine *taq(ə)náw.

tanlap (Tagalog): television

Definitions

  1. television

Ancestry of “tanlap”, step by step

tanlap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog tanaw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogtanawvisible from a distance; able to be seen from afar
2Cebuanotan-awopinion, subjective observation; to see, to...
3Proto-Philippine*taq(ə)náw—

via Tagalog diglap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogdiglapradio as a technical prefix
Every word from Proto-Philippine *taq(ə)náw →Every word from Cebuano tan-aw →Every word from Tagalog tanaw →