Where does “mag-uli” come from?

mag-uli (Bikol Central) comes from Bikol Central uli, from Proto-Philippine *ulíq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uliq.

Ancestry of “mag-uli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centraluli—
2Proto-Philippine*ulíq—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*uliq—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uliq →Every word from Proto-Philippine *ulíq →Every word from Bikol Central uli →