Where does “pagpadakula” come from?

pagpadakula (Bikol Central) comes from Bikol Central padakula, from Bikol Central dakula, from Proto-Austronesian *dakəlaq.

Ancestry of “pagpadakula”, step by step

pagpadakula traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bikol Central padakula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centralpadakula—
2Bikol Centraldakula—
3Proto-Austronesian*dakəlaq—

via Bikol Central pag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bikol Centralpag—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *dakəlaq →Every word from Bikol Central dakula →Every word from Bikol Central padakula →
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