Where does “tatlundaan” come from?
tatlundaan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog daan, from Proto-Philippine dalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zalan, from Proto-Austronesian zalan — path.
Ancestry of “tatlundaan”, step by step
tatlundaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog daan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | daan | path, way, road; hundred |
| 2 | Proto-Philippine | dalan | path a trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians; a course taken (made by humans as opposed to an animal) |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | zalan | path |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | zalan | path |
via Tagalog tatlo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | tatlo | three |
| 2 | Proto-Philippine | *ta-təlu | — |