köken: From Proto-Philippine *layaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *layaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *layaʀ. Compare Aklanon eayag, Central Bikol layag, Cebuano layag, Chamorro låyak, Fijian laca, Hawaiian lā, Malagasy lay, Malay layar, Māori rā, Nias loyo, Sundanese layar, Tahitian rā, Tetum laan, and Urak Lawoi' บลาเยอ (blaye). The fandom sense is a calque of English sail, from a fandom phrase “the ship…