Reconstruction:Proto-Philippine/haʀdan

This Proto-Philippine entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Philippine

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *haʀəzan.

Noun

*haʀdan

ladder

Descendants

Northern Luzon
- Ilocano: agdan
- Cagayan Valley
  - Yogad: addan
- Northeastern Luzon
  - Dupaningan Agta: agden
Central Luzon
- Kapampangan: eran
- Sambalic
  - Bolinao: aydan
Greater Central Philippine
- Central Philippine
  - Tagalog: hagdan
  - Bikol
    - Bikol Central: hagyan, hagdan
  - Bisayan
    - Central Bisayan
      - Hiligaynon: hagdan
    - Cebuano: hagdan
    - Southern Bisayan
      - Tausug: hagdan
  - Mansaka: agdan
- Manobo
  - Dibabawon Manobo: agdan
Minahasan
- Tombulu: ahzan
- >? Tontemboan: daran

References

Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *haRezan.