Where does “dalan” come from?

dalan (Waray-Waray) comes from Proto-Philippine dalan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zalan, from Proto-Austronesian zalan — path.

dalan (Waray-Waray): path; way

Definitions

  1. path; way

Ancestry of “dalan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippinedalanpath a trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians; a course taken (made by humans as opposed to an animal)
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianzalanpath
3Proto-Austronesianzalanpath
Every word from Proto-Austronesian zalan →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zalan →Every word from Proto-Philippine dalan →