Where does “sabaw” come from?

sabaw (Bikol Central) comes from Proto-Philippine *sabaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sa(m)baw.

sabaw (Bikol Central): soup

Definitions

  1. soup

Ancestry of “sabaw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*sabaw—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*sa(m)baw—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sa(m)baw →Every word from Proto-Philippine *sabaw →
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