Where does “timog-kanluran” come from?

timog-kanluran (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog timog, from Proto-Philippine timuʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian timuʀ, from Proto-Austronesian timuʀ — south or east wind.

timog-kanluran (Tagalog): southwest

Definitions

  1. southwest

Ancestry of “timog-kanluran”, step by step

timog-kanluran traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog timog

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogtimogsouth
2Proto-Philippinetimuʀsoutheast monsoon
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantimuʀsoutheast monsoon
4Proto-Austronesiantimuʀsouth or east wind

via Tagalog kanluran

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkanluranwest
2Tagalogkalunurandrowning
3Tagaloglunodto drown
4Proto-Philippinelunud—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian timuʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian timuʀ →Every word from Proto-Philippine timuʀ →
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