Where does “dagat” come from?

dagat (Alangan) comes from Tagalog dagat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daʀat — littoral sea.

dagat (Alangan): sea

Definitions

  1. sea

Ancestry of “dagat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogdagatocean, sea; bay, gulf; lake
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandaʀatlittoral sea
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daʀat →Every word from Tagalog dagat →
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