Where does “puli” come from?

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

Ancestry of “puli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*puliq

Words derived from “puli

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puliq
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