Where does “batangas” come from?

batangas (Cebuano) comes from Spanish Batangas, from Spanish batanga, from Tagalog batang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bataŋ — tree trunk, fallen tree, log.

batangas (Cebuano): a butterfly knife

Definitions

  1. a butterfly knife

Ancestry of “batangas”, step by step

batangas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish Batangas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishBatangas—
2Spanishbatangaoutrigger
3Tagalogbatanglog
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbataŋtree trunk, fallen tree, log

via English Batangas knife

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBatangas knifeA butterfly knife
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bataŋ →Every word from Tagalog batang →Every word from Spanish batanga →