Where does “dagom” come from?

dagom (Bikol Central) comes from Proto-Philippine *daʀum, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zaʀum, from Proto-Austronesian zaʀum — needle.

Ancestry of “dagom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*daʀumneedle
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianzaʀumneedle
3Proto-Austronesianzaʀumneedle
Every word from Proto-Austronesian zaʀum →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian zaʀum →Every word from Proto-Philippine *daʀum →
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