Where does “kalibugan” come from?

kalibugan (Bikol Central) comes from Bikol Central libog, from Proto-Philippine *libeg.

Ancestry of “kalibugan”, step by step

kalibugan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bikol Central libog

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centrallibog
2Proto-Philippine*libeg

via Bikol Central ka- -an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centralka- -an
Every word from Proto-Philippine *libeg
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