Where does “magpuli-puli” come from?

magpuli-puli (Bikol Central) comes from Bikol Central puli-puli, from Bikol Central puli, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puliq.

Ancestry of “magpuli-puli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centralpuli-puli
2Bikol Centralpuli
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*puliq
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puliqEvery word from Bikol Central puliEvery word from Bikol Central puli-puli