Where does “ugnayang panlabas” come from?

ugnayang panlabas (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog ugnayan, from Tagalog -an, from Proto-Philippine *-an, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -an, from Proto-Austronesian -an — Verbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...

ugnayang panlabas (Tagalog): foreign affairs

Definitions

  1. foreign affairs

Ancestry of “ugnayang panlabas”, step by step

ugnayang panlabas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog ugnayan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogugnayanrelation
2Tagalog-anobject trigger: to do something to a person or a...
3Proto-Philippine*-anverbal suffix marking locative focus
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian-anVerbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...
5Proto-Austronesian-anVerbal suffix marking locative focus; Nominal...

via Tagalog panlabas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpanlabasoutside
2Tagaloglabasoutside
Every word from Proto-Austronesian -anEvery word from Tagalog -anEvery word from Proto-Philippine *-an