Where does “bugok” come from?

bugok (Cebuano) comes from Proto-Philippine *buʀuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buʀuk, from Proto-Austronesian buʀuk — rotten; bad.

bugok (Cebuano): a rotten egg

Definitions

  1. a rotten egg

Ancestry of “bugok”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*buʀuk—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuʀukrotten; bad
3Proto-Austronesianbuʀukrotten; bad
Every word from Proto-Austronesian buʀuk →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buʀuk →Every word from Proto-Philippine *buʀuk →