Where does “bulad isda” come from?

bulad isda (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano isda, from Proto-Philippine *sədaq — fish.

bulad isda (Cebuano): dried fish

Definitions

  1. dried fish

Ancestry of “bulad isda”, step by step

bulad isda traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano isda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanoisdafish
2Proto-Philippine*sədaqfish

via Cebuano bulad

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanobuladdried fish or squid
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*bəlajspread out to dry in the sun
Every word from Proto-Philippine *sədaq →Every word from Cebuano isda →