Where does “timog-silangan” come from?
timog-silangan (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog Silangan, from Tagalog -an, from Proto-Philippine *-an, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -an, from Proto-Austronesian -an — Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...
timog-silangan (Tagalog): southeast
Definitions
- southeast
Ancestry of “timog-silangan”, step by step
timog-silangan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog Silangan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | Silangan | East; Orient |
| 2 | Tagalog | -an | object trigger: to do something to a person or a... |
| 3 | Proto-Philippine | *-an | verbal suffix marking locative focus |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | -an | Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal... |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | -an | Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal... |